Ancestry Saturday: The Other Weird Things One Finds

In researching early Ohio ancestors, my eyes caught this nugget in a book about Ohio.

It reads:

"In 1808 Legislature passed an Act requiring each male over 21 years of age to produce to the County Clerk one hundred squirrel scalps or pay $3.00 each because squirrerls were destroying corn crops."

I guess it shows taxes have been used to control free people's behaviors for a long time. I bet we don't see this tax again though.