A School-Sustained Bird Reservation 137 



CONTRACT WITH WARDEN 



The students and faculty of the Northern Illinois State Normal School, desiring to 

 maintain on the farm of Sedgwick and Bebb, in Ogle County, 111., a bird reservation, 

 do hereby contract with Ernst Moth to serve them in the capacity of warden over 

 said reservation. 



Said Ernst Moth agrees to perform, to the best of his abilities, the following duties 

 in his capacity as warden: 



I. To erect not later than Apr. 15, and to remove and store in a suitable place not 

 later than Sept. i, the signs provided for the purpose of warning against shooting and 

 otherwise molesting the birds during or after their nesting-season. 



II. To prevent, in so far as is possible, the use of firearms or other instruments of 

 destruction, on or near the grove in which nest the birds for the protection of which 

 this contract is drawn. 



III. To report to the proper authorities and to assist in the prosecution of such as 

 may violate the law of the land in the molestation or destruction of birds nesting in 

 said grove, and to cooperate in such measures as may in general result in the welfare 

 of the birds therein nesting. 



In consideration of the performance of these duties the faculty and students of the 

 Northern Illinois State Normal School agree to pay to Ernst Moth the sum of ten 

 dollars ($10.00) on or before July i of each year during which he continues to perform 

 the duties of warden. 



[Signed] John W. Cook, President Northern Illinois State Normal School. 



[Signed] Ernst Moth. 



CONTRACT W^ITH THE OW^NERS OF THE FARM 



A colony of Night Herons is accustomed to nest in a grove of Norway spruce and 

 European larch on the farm of Sedgwick and Bebb, said grove being some twenty rods 

 from the N. line and about thirty rods from the west line of the S. ^ of the N. E. % of 

 Sec. 4, T 25, R 10 E. of the 4th P. M. 



The purpose of this contract is to secure the protection of the birds which nest in 

 said grove. 



In consideration of this protection the owners of the grove, Clara M. Sedgwick, 

 Samuel H. Sedgwick, Mary A. Bebb, and Edwin Bebb give to the faculty and students 

 of the Northern Illinois State Normal School full authority to adopt and put into exe- 

 cution such measures as may by them be deemed advisable in order to secure such 

 protection. 



It is further agreed on the part of both parties to this contract that the right of 

 owners or tenant to cut and remove trees from said grove shall not be disputed, and 

 that if it becomes necessary for the purposes of protecting the birds to erect fences 

 other than now exist, the expense of so doing shall be borne by the members of the 

 Northern Illinois State Normal School who shall at the time be responsible for the main- 

 tenance of this contract. 



This contract is to extend over a period of five years, with no compensation for the 

 owners other than the right of cooperating in such measures as lead toward the pro- 

 tection of the birds and the properties concerned. 



[Signed] W. W. Jones, Agent for Sedgwick and Bebb. 



[Signed] John W. Cook, President Northern Illinois State Normal School. 



