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of these the commission may be petitioned to 

 buy a certain tract or to buy the shooting and 

 fishing rights on the tract. This, of course, 

 would require an appropriation by the legislature 

 and it would be necessary for the bird club, first, 

 to secure the approval of the Commission for 

 the project and then from a practical standpoint 

 to follow it up by appearing before the proper 

 legislative committees. 



" On the other hand, it is a very simple matter 

 to find some landowner who is willing to dedicate 

 his private land for the purpose of a sanctuary. 

 To secure a legal dedication of this land it is 

 necessary, under Section 153 of the Conserva- 

 tion Law, to procure from the Conservation 

 Commission, two blanks which have been 

 printed for this purpose. One of these, known 

 as Form 36, is headed 'Dedication of Land for 

 Game and Bird Refuge/ This is in the form 

 of a petition to the town board of the town in 

 which the land is located. It contains a simple 

 description of the land, with the request that it 

 be set aside by the Conservation Commission 

 for a game and bird refuge for a period not 

 exceeding ten years. Of course, the dedication 

 can be renewed at the expiration of this period. 

 The petition is signed by the owner of the land. 



"The other form is Form 37, and is headed 



