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each county, and those selected for New 

 Castle and Kent are : For New Castle, 

 Walter D. Bush, Edward Bringhurst, Jr., 

 Elwood Garrett of this city, and Miss Hetty 

 Smith, of New Castle ; for Kent, Mrs. J. 

 B. Turner, Mrs. R. L. Holliday, John H. 

 Bateman and Mrs. Fulton. 



A constitution was adopted, following 

 the lines of that of the Pennsylvania 

 Society, the objects of the organization 

 being the protection of birds and the dis- 

 couraging of their use in wearing apparel 

 and for the purposes of ornament. 



About thirty persons attended the meet- 

 ing, and others may join the society. 



FLORIDA SOCIETY 



Maitland, Fla. , Alarch 2, igoo. 



An informal meeting of persons inter- 

 ested in the forming of a Florida Audubon 

 Society was held at the residence of Mr. 

 L. F. Dommerich, at 2:30 p. m. There 

 were present Mr. and Mrs. Dommerich, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs, Mr. W. C. 

 Comstock, Mrs. S. N. Bronson, Mrs. C. H. 

 Hall, Mrs J. Vanderpool, Mr. and Mrs. 

 T. P. Baumgarten, Mrs. Harry Beeman, 

 Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Ward, Mrs. W. S. 

 Harney and Mr. W. Wilson-Barker. 



At the suggestion of Mr L. F. Dom- 

 merich, Rev. Geo. M. Ward was made 

 temporary chairman, and on further 

 motion Mrs. L. F. Dommerich was asked 

 to serve as secretary. Mrs. Dommerich 

 was called upon to state the object of the 

 meeting. A brief abstract of the case as 

 presented is as follows : Attention was 

 called to the destruction of song and plu- 

 mage birds in this state, and to the work 

 that had been done in other states in the 

 work of protecting our feathered friends. 

 Letters were read from parties interested 

 in the formation of such a society in this 

 state, and the most encouraging statements 

 were offered regarding the promised sup- 

 port, both financial and moral, which 

 would be forthcoming should such a society 

 be formed. Mrs. Dommerich further 

 stated that liberal subscriptions had al- 

 ready been received towards the expenses 

 of such a society. 



It was decided that it was the unanimous 



sense of this meeting that a society be 

 formed in our own state. On motion of 

 Mr. Dommerich, a committee of five was 

 appointed by the chair to present a con- 

 stitution and by-laws, together with a list 

 of officers, for a Florida Audubon Society. 

 The committee appointed consisted of 

 Messrs. Dommerich, Baumgarten and 

 Wilson-Barker, and Mrs. Marrs and Mrs. 

 Bronson. After consultation, the above 

 committee made its report, offering for 

 the adoption of our society the by-laws of 

 the New York State Society, suggesting 

 such changes in the wording as were neces- 

 sary to make said by-laws applicable to this 

 state. On the list of officers the com- 

 mittee reported as follows : President, 

 Rt. Rev. H. B. Whipple, D.D., LL D., 

 Bishop of Minnesota, Maitland. Honorary 

 vice-presidents. Governor Wm. D. Blox- 

 ham, Tallahassee ; Mr. Andrew E. Doug- 

 lass, St. Augustine ; Mr. Kirk Munroe, 

 Cocoanut Grove. Chairman Executive 

 Committee, Rev. Geo. M. Ward, Winter 

 Park. Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs L. 

 F. Dommerich. 



On motion of Mrs. Dommerich, it was 

 voted to send a copy of the report of this 

 meeting to the vice-presidents and mem- 

 bers of the Executive Committee who 

 were not present on March 2, and to the 

 various editors in the state. On motion of 

 Mr. Baumgarten, it was voted to name as 

 date for the annual meeting the first 

 Tuesday in March. The report of the 

 committee on constitution and by-laws, 

 the list of officers and the date of the 

 annual meeting were adopted 



On further motion, a committee of five 

 were appointed by the chair to draft a bill 

 to be presented to the next Legislature. 

 The chairman appointed Rt. Rev. H. B. 

 Whipple, D.D , LL.D., Messrs. Baum- 

 garten and Marrs, Mrs. Dommerich and 

 Mrs Comstock. 



On motion, it was voted to purchase a 

 suitable number of the pamphlets issued 

 by the New York Society, describing the 

 work of said Society, to be mailed with the 

 copy of our constitution to parties desired 

 as members. 



On further motion, it was voted that a 



