﻿'I h<; Audubon Sou<;ti<:\ 





game protection. The bill 

 the lines of the North Carolina Au< 

 law. It a : for a resident and 



non-resident hunting license, the fe< 

 the same being us< 



Lot ISIANA. — The legislature of this 

 is now in session, and it has 

 sideration several bills • nprove 



the bird and game law tera< 



a report of results will be made. 



Alabama. — A large amount of prelimi- 

 nary work is being done in this state to 

 prepare the way for a bird bill which will 

 be presented to the leg a session of 



which will be held in a few Some 



of the most prominen> citizei •/• Alabama 

 have the matter in charge and are securing 

 the influence and sympathy of the public in 

 a very encouraging manner. In addition, the 

 press of the state is without exception, giv- 

 ing the heartiest sup;. 

 — W. D. 



Reservation News 



Another reservation 

 bird refuge. 



EXECUTIVE ORDER. 



It is hereby ordered that Indian Key, an 

 island in Tampa bay, Florida, containing 

 ninety acres, and located in Sections 10 and 



.wnship 32 south, Range 1 '. 

 same appears upon the oftr 



township on file in the General Land 

 Office, be, and it is hereby reserved and set 

 aside for the use of the Department o : 

 culture, as a preserve and breeding ground 

 for native birds. This r< to be 



known as Indian Key Reservation. 

 (Signed) Theodore Roosj 

 The White House, February 10, 1906. 



A New Federal Bird Law. — After the 

 Audubon Societies had secured several bird 

 reservations it was discovered that there was 

 no federal law that could be invoked in 

 case of persons hunting or egging contrary 

 to the regulations of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture. The reservations being federal 

 territory, state bird and game laws were not 

 applicable to violations. 



This condition of affairs made it neces- 

 sary to apply to Congress for relief, and a 

 ••as introduced by Congressman Lacey 



d : " An act to 



eggs in game and bird preserves 



se of 



in the Senate < 



referred. 7 



measure, bu 1 



great moment it was ignored unti 1 



director, Mr. Frank Bom 



up with Senator V, 



our se< r< ta ■ . Mi Pi ... rsoj 



'ngton and enlisted the ai<? 



of Senator Overman, ' 



and your President: af < 



Dryden, of New 1 was 



favorably reported with a slight an 



ment, and it became a \a 



P • dent Roosevelt at u 20 a.m. June 

 .- • . ■■//. The law reads as io) 



of Representative of . 



America in Con; 1 ;at it 



shall be unlaw! 



trap, capture, wilful)-. or i 



bird of any- k< 



ch birds on any lands 

 which ha. ■ 

 as breeding grounds '■■. 

 proclamation, oj 

 under such rules 

 oed from t 

 gricuJture, 

 "Section 2. 1 vie ating 



the pre 



guilty -. and shah 



conviction in any United State* cc -. : 

 competent jurisdiction, be fined in a sum 

 /.ceeding five hundred do ai 0) 

 •.oned for a period no 

 months, or shall suffer both fine and im- 

 prisonment, in the discretion of the court: 

 ded, That the provisions of this Act 

 shall not apply to the Black H 

 .ation, in South D&<- 

 This law will be rigidly enforced fc 

 Audubon wardens, who receive their ap- 

 pointments from the Secretary of Agriculture 

 but whose wages are pai-z itional 



Associate. 



Breton Is - -The early 



. n the two wardens guaro 



