The Audubon Societies 



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Penfold, Edmund $10 00 



Petty, E. R 2 00 



Phelps, Mrs. Erances von R. . 10 00 



Pott, ]Miss Emma i 00 



Pusey, INIrs. Howard 2 00 



Raymond, Charles H 5 00 



Rhoads, S. N i 00 



Righter, William S 5 00 



Robbins, Miss N. P. H 3 00 



Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. . 20 00 



Sampson, Miss Lucy S i 00 



Saunders, Charles G i 00 



Schweppe, Mrs. H. M. . . i 00 



Scofield, ]\Iiss ISIarion 10 00 



Shattuck, Miss Gertrude .\. . . i 00 



Simpkins, Miss M. W 10 00 



Small, Miss A. M 2 00 



Spackman, Miss Emily S. . i 00 



Spalter, Mrs. F. B 1 00 



Stanton, Mrs. T. G $2 00 



Stevens, F. E 2 00 



Stimson, William E 3 00 



Thorndike, Mrs. Augustus ... i 00 



Tinimerman, Miss Edith. ... i 50 



Tower, Mrs. Kate D i 00 



Troescher, A. F 10 00 



\'aillant, Mrs. G. H 3 00 



Von Zedlitz, Mrs. Anna .... 2 00 



Walker, Miss Mary A 2 00 



White, Horace 5 00 



Willcox, Prof. M. A 10 00 



Williams, George F 5 00 



Winslow, Miss Maria L. C. . . 6 00 



Woodward, Dr. S. B 5 00 



Wright, Miss Mary A 2 00 



Zimmerman, Dr. M. W 5 00 



Total $1,701 51 



THE VIRGINIA GAME BILL PASSES 



By a vote of twenty-four to nine, the 

 Senate of the Virginia Legislature has 

 passed the bill of the Farmers' Union and 

 the Audubon Society for the establish- 

 ment of a Commission of Fisheries and 

 Game. The bill was signed by the Gov- 

 ernor on March 13, ipi6. Thus ends a fight 

 which the Audubon Society has led in the 

 Virginia Legislature, session after session, 

 for many years. 



Mr. M. D. Hart, President of the 

 Virginia Audubon Society, and others 

 who have labored hard for the successful 

 passage of this measure, are to be con- 

 gratulated. Now, at least, we may hope 

 for some good bird-and-game protection 

 in that state, for the commissioner will 

 have power to employ wardens, and will 

 have funds with which to pay them. 



The methods of selecting the local 

 wardens is rather unusual: From a list of 

 ten names, submitted by the boards of 

 supervisors of the counties and the coun- 

 cils of cities, the commissioner will select 

 wardens — one for each county and city 



in the commonwealth. In communities 

 of less than 20,000 inhabitants these 

 oiificers will be paid a salary not to exceed 

 $50 a month. In more populous com- 

 munities their monthly pay will not be in 

 excess of $60. Special wardens may be 

 appointed to serve for not more than $3 a 

 day. The commissioner or any of his 

 wardens may serve original processes as 

 sheriffs and constables. Every hunter 

 who leaves his own premises or those 

 adjoining his will be required to obtain 

 from the commissioner a hunter's license. 

 Residents will be charged $1 for the 

 privilege of hunting in their county, and 

 $3 for a state range. Non-residents may 

 hunt anywhere in Virginia on payment 

 of $10. 



The victory in Virginia leaves only two 

 states in the Union that have no game- 

 warden system. These states are Florida 

 and Mississippi, which still vie with each 

 other for the honor of being the Rip Van 

 Winkle state in the matter of bird-pro- 

 tection. 



