INDEX 



Alabama: elected game warden, 



181 ; resident fishing license, 



191; warden system, 193; fee 



system, 197 

 Alaska: Game Commission, 40; 



reindeer in, 88; musk-oxen, 94; 



fisheries, 122; fur seals, 123; 



activities Bureau of Fisheries in, 



135 

 Albright, Horace M.: as director, 



National Park Service, 147 

 Aliens: right to animals ferae 



naturae, 71; ownership of guns, 



American Ornithologists' Union : 

 81 



Animals ferae naturae: control by 

 national government under 

 treaty power, 34; under com- 

 merce power, 38; on federal 

 property, 44; definition of, 53; 

 ownership vested in state, 54; 

 English common law, 57; 

 Roman law, 73; rights of aliens 

 to, 71 ; individual property rights 

 in, 72; domesticated, 72 



Ashbrook, Frank: 22 



Baird, Spencer: establishment of 

 Biological Survey, 82; estab- 

 lishment of Fish Commission, 

 115; appointment as Commis- 

 sioner of Fish, 117; life sketch, 

 117; services, 118; retirement, 

 119 



Bell, Frank: as chief, Bureau of 

 Fisheries, 124 



Biological Survey: duck census, 

 26; administration public do- 

 main, 27; control predatory 

 animals, 49; research, 50; 

 history, 81; game refuges, 87; 

 fur animals, 88; chiefs, 89; ad- 

 ministrative organization, 91 ; 

 budget, 106; personnel admin- 



istration, 108; property files, 

 111; purchasing, 112; public re- 

 lations, 113 



Black Bass: protection of, 139 

 Blackstone's view of common law: 



57; views challenged, 58 

 Bounty system: failure of, 85 

 Bowers, George M.: as Commis- 

 sioner of Fish, 121 ; removal, 124 

 Brice x John J.: as Commissioner 



of Fish, 121 



Budget: of Biological Survey, 106; 

 Bureau of Fisheries, 141 



Cammerer, Arno B.: as director, 

 National Park Service, 147 



Changing national policies: 11 



Christian, Edward: 58 



Coke, Justice: 59 



Commerce clause : migratory birds, 

 36; sponge fisheries, 38; as limi- 

 tation on state control, 64 ; Lacy 

 Act, 86 



Common law: see English com- 

 mon law 



Conservation: defined, 12 



Constitution: broad construction, 

 32; treaty-making clause, 34; 

 commerce clause, 38, 46, 64; 

 governing of territories, 40; gen- 

 eral welfare clause, 48 ; privileges 

 and immunities clause, 68 ; equal 

 protection of the laws clause, 69 



Copeland report: 27 



Darling, Jay: as chief of Bio- 

 logical Survey, 91 



Decline in wild life: 12 



District of Columbia: conserva- 

 tion in, 43 



Domesticated animals : property 

 in, 72; Roman law on, 73; Eng- 

 lish and American views, 73 



Drafting laws: care in, 206 



Duck census: results of, 26; dis- 

 cussion of, 92 



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