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Professor Kellerman reported for the committee ap- 

 pointed, to secure legislation with reference to game 

 laws that he framed a bill thought to embody the ideas 

 of the members of the Academy interested. The bill 

 was, at first, loaded down with amendments and de- 

 feated, but lirought up again and passed without a 

 single change. A number of persons have taken out 

 permits in accordance with the provisions of the new 

 law. The fines for violation are very heavy and from 

 time to time have been imposed. Several members 

 spoke regarding the desirability of protection of birds 

 and eggs, and the consequent importance of enforcing 

 the law. The report was accepted and the committee 

 discharged. 



The report of the committee on topographic survey 

 was read and accepted as a report of progress and the 

 committee continued. The Academy further voted 

 thanks to the committee for its efforts in behalf of the 

 bill. Professor Tight said that Professor A. A. Wright 

 deserved most of the thanks. 



Report of the Committee on a Topographic 

 Survey of the State. 



At the annual meeting of the Academy' two years 

 ago, a committee of three was appointed to secure, if 

 possible, the inauguration of a topographic survey of 

 the State, and the publication of its results in a series 

 of topographic map sheets. The plan proposed was 



