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the next reg-ular session an entire account of all appropriations hereto- 

 fore expended ))y the Astroph3^8ical Observatory, what results have 

 been reached, and what is the present condition of the work of said 

 observatory. (Approved March 3, 1901; Statutes, XXXI, 1146.) 



BIRDS AND EGGS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES. 



AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act for the protection of birds, preservation 

 of game, and for the prevention of its sale during certain closed seasons, in the 

 District of Columbia." 



JBe it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejpreseiitatives of the 

 United States of America in Congress asseniMed^ 



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"Sec. 3. That for the purposes of this Act the following only shall 

 be considered game birds: The Anatidas, commonly known as swans, 

 geese, brant, river and sea ducks; the Rallid», commonly known as 

 rails, coots, mud hens, and gallinules; the Limicola?, commonly known 

 as shore birds, plovers, surf l)irds, snipe, woodcock, sandpipers, tat- 

 tlers, and curlews; the Gallinse, commonly known as wild turkeys, 

 grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, partridges, and quails; and the 

 species of Icteridas, commonly known as marsh blackbirds and reed 

 birds or rice birds. 



"That no person shall kill, catch, expose for sale, or have in his 

 or her possession, living or dead, any wild bird other than a game 

 bird, English sparrow, crow. Cooper's hawk, sharpshinned hawk, or 

 great horned owl; nor rob the nest of any such wild bird of eggs or 

 young; nor destroy such nest except in the clearing of land of trees 

 or brush, under a penalty of five dollars for every such bird killed, 

 caught, exposed for sale, or had in his or her possession, either dead 

 or alive, and for each nest destroyed, and in default thereof to be 

 imprisoned in the workhouse for a period not exceeding thirty days: 

 Provided^ That this section shall not apph^ to birds or eggs collected 

 for scientific purposes under permits issued by the superintendent of 

 police of the District of Columbia in accordance with such instructions 

 as the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution may prescribe, such 

 permits to be in force for one year from date of issue and nontrans- 

 ferable." (Approved March 3,1901; Statutes, XXXI, 1091.) 



world's COLUMBIAN COMMISSION. 



Resolved Inj the Senate {the Hmise <f Beprese7itatives concurring)^ 

 That there be printed three thousand five hundred copies of so much 

 of the report of the committee on awards of the World's Columbian 

 Commission as is contained in the special reports upon special subjects 

 or groups as were prepared by expert judges authorized to act by the 

 World's Columbian Commission, its executive committee on awards, 



