If any person shall arrest or directly and immediately cause the arrest of any person guilty of stealing a horse or mule within this state, and shall secure the indictment and conviction of such person in a court of competent jurisdiction, or shall deliver said person so arrested to a court having jurisdiction of said charge, and if the court, or any one to whom the person arrested shall be sent for trial, shall permit said person to give bond, with security, for his further appearance in court, and said bond shall be forfeited and collected, the person so securing the conviction or the delivery shall be entitled to a reward of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) therefor.
R.L. 1910, Sec. 6136.