544.150. Whenever the county commission of any county inthis state, or any two commissioners thereof in vacation, shallbe satisfied that any felony has been committed in said county,such commission or commissioners may, at their discretion, offera standing reward of not exceeding five hundred dollars for theapprehension and arrest of the person or persons committing thesame, which reward shall be paid out of the county treasury; butin no instance shall any reward, or any part thereof, be paid toany person who may be entitled thereto until final conviction ofthe defendant.
(RSMo 1939 § 3890)Prior revisions: 1929 § 3500; 1919 § 3845; 1909 § 5053