IV. BIRD AND ARBOR DAY LAWS. 



CONNECTICUT. 

 Public Acts of 1899, chap. 14, p. 992. 



Section 1576 of the general statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: The 

 governor shall annually, in the spring, designate, by official proclamation, an arbor 

 and bird day, to be observed in the schools, and in any other way as shall be indi- 

 cated in such official proclamation. 



Approved March 17, 1899. 



MINNESOTA. 

 General Laws of 1899, chap. 36, p. 34. 



Sec. 1. The governor is hereby authorized to set apart each year by proclamation 

 one day to be designated as Arbor and Bird Day, and to request its observance by 

 all public schools, private schools, colleges and other institutions, by the planting of 

 trees and the adornment of the school and public grounds and by suitable exercises, 

 having for their object the advancement of the study of arboriculture and promotion 

 of the spirit of protection to birds and trees and the cultivation of an appreciative 

 sentiment concerning them. 



Approved March 3, 1899. 



WISCONSIN. 



Laws of 1897, chap. 61, p. 87. 



Sec. 1. * * * The governor is hereby authorized to set apart each year, by 

 proclamation, one day, to be designated as Arbor and Bird Day, and to request its 

 observance by all public schools, private schools, colleges and other institutions, by the 

 planting of trees, adornment of school and public grounds, and by suitable exercises 

 having for their object the advancement of the study of arboriculture, the promotion 

 of a spirit of protection to birds and trees, and the cultivation of an appreciative senti- 

 ment concerning them. 



Approved March 17, 1897. 

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