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State Senate, and Mr. William Allaire Shortt in the x\ssembly, a bill 

 amending the charter of the Association, and authorizing the City to con- 

 demn or lease property for the uses of the Association and to provide 

 means for the care and maintenance of the same. 



Scientific Program 



Mr. Alanson Skinner gave an address, illustrated by stereopticon slides 

 under the management of Mr. Charles A. Ingalls, entitled By Canoe to 

 Hudson Bay, describing a trip made under the auspices of the American 

 Museum of Natural History for 'the purpose of studying the Indians of 

 the region. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, April i6,. 1910 



The meeting was held in the museum, Borough Hall, New Brighton. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair. 



Eleven persons were present. 



In the absence of the secretary Mr. Charles L. Pollard was elected 

 secretary pro tem. 



The minutes of the meeting of March 19, 1910, were read and approved. 



The president announced that the bill amending the charter of the 

 Association had passed the Senate and would probably be acted upon by 

 the Assembly during the coming week. 



Mr. William T. Davis read a communication addressed to the secretary, 

 from Mrs. A. M. King, suggesting that the Association endeavor to assist 

 in promoting the passage of an amendment to the Forest, Fish and Game 

 Law of the state, now pending in the Legislature, making it unlawful to 

 sell the plumage of protected birds whether taken within the limits of 

 the state or not. 



Mr. Davis stated that the matter had been presented before and dis- 

 cussed by the Section of Biology at its previous meeting and that he 

 had been requested to recommend that the Association approve the pro- 

 posed amendment. 



Voted: that the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences heartily 

 approves of the proposed amendment to the State game laws looking to 

 the better protection of wild birds, and requests Senator Howard R. Bayne 

 and Assemblyman William Allaire Shortt to make every effort to secure 

 the passage of the same. 



The president stated that he was in favor of the amendment and would 

 do what he could to facilitate its passage by the Legislature. 



Mr. Davis read the draft of a circular which he had prepared at the 

 request of the Section of Biology, calling attention to the destruction of 

 the woodlands of the island by tire, and urging the cooperation of citizens 

 in an effort to protect and preserve the small remaining areas. (Printed 

 in full in this issue, p. 68.) 



