6o DUTCHER, Protection of Gulls a>id Teriis. [1311. 



Sec. 4. Sections i, 2, and 3 of this act shall not apply to any person 

 holding a certificate giving the right to take birds, their nests, or eggs 

 for scientific purposes, as provided for in section 5 of this act. 



Sec. 5. Certificates may be granted by [here follow the names of the 

 persons], if any, duly authorized by this act to grant such certificates, or 

 by any incorporated society of natural history in the State, through such 

 persons or officers as said society may designate, to any properly accred- 

 ited person of the age of fifteen years or upward, permitting the holder 

 thereof to collect birds, their nests or eggs, for strictly scientific purposes 

 only. In order to obtain such certificate the applicant for the same must 

 present to the person or persons having the power to grant said certif- 

 icate written testimonials from two well-known scientific men, certifying 

 to the good character and fitness of said applicant to be intrusted with 

 such privilege ; must pay to said persons or officers one dollar to defray 

 the necessary expenses attending the granting of such certificates ; and 

 must file with said persons or officers a properly executed bond, in the 

 sum of two hundred dollars, signed by two responsible citizens of the 

 State as sureties. On proof that the holder of such a certificate has killed 

 any bird, or taken the nest or eggs of any bird, for other than scientific 

 purposes his bond shall be forfeited to the State, and the certificate become 

 void, and he shall be further subject for each such offense to the penalties 

 provided therefor in section 3 of this act. 



Sec. 6. The certificates authorized by this act shall be in force for one 

 year only from the date of their issue, and shall not be transferable. 



Sec. 7.^ The English or European house sparrow {Passer domestictis) 

 is not included among the birds protected by this act. 



Sec. 8. All acts or parts of acts, heretofore passed, inconsistent with or 

 contrary to the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 9. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 



The Thayer Fund. 



The treasurer of the fund attaches a statement showing the 

 subscriptions and disbursements during the 3'ear ending Novem- 

 ber I, 1 90 1, the correctness of wliich he certifies to. 



' Where it is absolutely necessary to exclude any birds from protection 

 they may be added to Section 7, so as not to alter the main text. 



