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prohibition of the House. This modifica- 

 tion was denounced by the Audubon 

 Society and other lovers of birds, anxious 

 to stop their slaughter, as tending to 

 make the House provision absolutely 

 ineffective. 



"The fight for the House provisions was 

 led by Senators Lane and Chamberlain 

 of Oregon. The caucus at first decided to 

 stand by the committee. The two Oregon 

 senators bolted, and others supported them. 

 Party managers then found the spirit of 

 insurgency too strong, and the House 

 paragraph was adopted. This absolutely 

 prohibits the importation of the plumage 

 of wild birds except for scientific and 

 educational purposes." 



The next day, September 3, the Senate 

 passed the proviso without opposition. 



It is now expected that President Wilson 

 will sign the Underwood-Simmons Tariff 

 Bill by October 1, which will be the last 

 formal act necessary to make all the pro- 

 visions of the bill into law. 



Every man, woman and child who has 

 contributed money to this campaign, or 

 who has written a letter, sent a telegram, 

 or spoken a word in this great fight for 

 the birds, has had a part in bringing about 

 the glorious victory. — T. G. P. 



England to Prohibit the Importation of 

 Bird Plumage 



A Government measure to prohibit the 

 importation of the feathers of wild birds 

 into Great Britain was recently reported 

 favorably by the committee having the 

 matter in charge, despite the most frantic 

 efforts of the London Feather dealers. 

 It was received by the House of Com- 

 mons and by them ordered printed on 

 August 4, 1913. 



As this bill is attracting widespread 

 attention and will probably become of 

 historic interest to many, it is here repro- 

 duced in its entirety: 



A Bill to prohibit the Importation of 

 the Plumage and Skins of Wild Birds, 

 and to amend the enactments relating 

 to the Protection of Wild Birds, and 

 for other purposes incidental thereto. 



Be it enacted by the King's most 

 excellent Majesty, by and with the advice 

 and consent of the Lords Spiritual and 

 Temporal, and Commons, in this present 

 Parliament assembled, and by the author- 

 ity of the same as follows: 



1. (1) Subject to the exceptions in this 

 Act contained, a person shall not import 

 into the United Kingdom the plumage of 

 any wild bird, and accordingly section 

 forty-two of the Customs Consolidation 

 Act, 1876, shall be read as if there were 

 included in the table of prohibitions and 

 restrictions therein — 



"The plumage of wild birds as defined 

 by the Importation of Plumage (Pro- 

 hibition) Act, 1913, subject to the excep- 

 tions contained in that Act." 



(2) A person shall not have in his pos- 

 session or be concerned in selling the 

 plumage of any wild bird which has been 

 imported in contravention of this Act, or 

 which, having been allowed to be imported 

 on the ground that it is being put to a 

 certain use or intended to be put to a cer- 

 tain use, is being put to some other use; 

 and if any person has in his possession or 

 is concerned in selling any such plumage, 

 he shall be liable on conviction under the 

 Summary Jurisdiction Acts to a fine not 

 exceeding five pounds in respect of the 

 first offence and twenty-five pounds in 

 respect of the second or any subsequent 

 offence, and the court before whom he is 

 convicted may order the forfeiture or 

 destruction of any plumage in respect of 

 which the offence has been committed. 



2. (1) The following plumage is 

 excepted from the prohibition on importa- 

 tion under this Act: 



(a) The plumage of birds for the time 

 being included in the schedule to this Act: 



(b) The plumage of birds imported 

 alive : 



(c) The plumage of birds imported 

 under a license granted under this Act for 

 the purpose of supplying specimens for 

 any natural history or other museum, or 

 for the purpose of scientific research: 



(d) Plumage forming part of wearing 

 apparel being bona fide the property of, 

 and actually in the personal use of or 



