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applicant, as well as the certifiers of the same, must be approved 

 by the Illinois Academy of Science ; the applicant must pay to said 

 State Game Commissioner one dollar to defray the necessary 

 expenses attending the granting of any such certificates, and 

 must file with said State Game Commissioner a properly executed 

 bond in the sum of two hundred dollars, signed by two responsible 

 citizens of the State as sureties. This bond shall be forfeited to 

 the State and the certificate become void upon proof that the 

 holder of such certificate has killed any bird or taken the nest or 

 eggs of any bird for other than the purpose named in Sections 3 

 and 13 of this act, and shall be further subject for each offense 

 to the penalties provided therefor in Sections three (3) and 

 twelve (12) of this act. 



Mr. Ira Meyers presented the following report of his committee, 

 the chairman, Mr. Charles, being absent on account of illness. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CO-OPERATION WITH EXISTING 

 NATURE-STUDY AGENCIES. 



We recognize the following agencies whose co-operation is 

 desirable : 



Teachers' Associations — 



State, 



Sectional (6), 



Country Teachers' Association. 

 County Superintendents. 

 State Superintendents. 

 City and High School Superintendents. 

 Secondary School Conferences. 



Conference on Nature-Study-Agriculture (U. of I.). 

 Normal Schools. 

 Farmers' Institutes — 



State, county, local. 

 Women's Clubs. 



Central Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers. 

 Chicago Academy of Sciences. 

 Audubon Society. 

 Humane Society. 



Higher Institutions in IlHnois (to give culture courses, pro- 

 fessional and extension work). 



State Penal and Charitable Institutions. 

 Industrial Organizations. 

 W. C. T. U. 



