THE BIRD STUDY BOOK 



non-game birds, gave the first clear statutory termi- 

 nology for defining "game birds." It also provided 

 for the issuing of permits for the collecting of wild 

 birds and their eggs for scientific purposes. The 

 States of New York and Massachusetts that year 

 adopted the law. Arkansas followed eleven years 

 later, but it was not until the Audubon Society 

 workers took up the subject in 1909 that any special 

 headway was made in getting States to pass this 

 measure. To-day it is on the statute books of all the 

 States of the Union but eight, and is generally known 

 as the Audubon Law. 



Game Law Enforcement. — In all the States but 

 Florida there are special State officers charged 

 with enforcing the bird and game protective 

 laws. Usually there is a Game Commission of three 

 or more members whose duty it is to select an ex- 

 ecutive officer who in turn appoints game wardens 

 throughout the State. These men in some cases are 

 paid salaries, in others they receive only a per diem 

 wage or receive certain fees for convictions. License 

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