116 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



deputy constables, city marshals and policemen in the state 

 of Oklahoma to diligently enforce the laws for the protec- 

 tion of game and fish; and the officer making the arrest 

 shall receive in addition to the fees usually received by such 

 officer 50 per cent, of the fine collected for the violation of 

 any of the game laws of the state. Any officer who shall 

 knowingly countenance or permit the violation of any of 

 the said laws shall be subject to removal from office. ,, 



The act provides for five-year close seasons for the fol- 

 lowing species of mammals and birds : 



Deer, antelope, otter and beaver ; turkey, pheasant, prairie 

 chicken, curlew, wood-duck, crane, pelican, gull or heron; 

 all insectivorous birds according to the terms of the federal 

 law. 



Bears are given a five-year close season in Comanche, 

 Caddo, Kiowa, Major and Blaine counties. 



The bag limit on quail is reduced to 15 per day; and De- 

 cember is the only month in which quail may be shot. 



The act of March 4 closes the state to "The importation, 

 sale or possession for sale, of aigrettes, egret plumes or 

 so-called osprey plumes, and the feathers, quills, heads, 

 wings, tails, skins, or parts of skins, of wild birds, either 

 raw or manufactured, and not for scientific or educational 

 purposes ; but this provision shall not apply to the feathers 

 or plumes of ostriches, or to the feathers or plumes of do- 

 mestic fowl of any kind." 



For this monumental result in Oklahoma we know that 

 State Game and Fish Warden John Chenoweth is entitled 

 to great credit; and we also know that the following per- 

 sons and organizations strenuously worked to achieve the 

 victory that has been obtained : 



S. H. Harris, President of the Oklahoma Game and Fish 

 Protective Association, proposed the mandatory protection 

 of birds and game by every civil officer of the state. 



Frank Rush, Forest Supervisor of the Wichita National 

 Forest and Dr. H. H. Lane, of the University of Oklahoma, 



