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HISTORY A^■I) WORK OF THE 
fair. The Audubon Society of Xorth Carolina receives all 
hunting license fees paid in the state, and undertake to fill 
the ofiice of game warden for the state. The society receives 
about $11,000 yearly in fees, which about meets the expense 
of game protection. The society makes public reports as to 
number of deputies engaged, the work they do, complaints 
made, cases prosecuted, fines levied. Whatever method is 
adopted in ^Michigan to raise money for game protection may 
matter little so long as sufficient is raised to carry on the 
work properly. The game warden should be obliged to give 
a full report of the work in the state at least yearly. 
Licensing Committee 
Section 18 of the Public Acts of 1905 provide that the 
president of the University of 5fichigan. the president of the 
Michigan Agricultural College, and the president of the State 
X’ormal School shall annually appoint a board of three per- 
sons who shall grant licenses for the taking of birds and 
their eggs for scientific purposes. The following have been 
ajipointed as such board, and have filled such position during 
1906, and by reappointment are serving for 1907; 
Bryant Walker, Detroit — Appointed by President Angell, 
of the University of ^Michigan. 
Prof. AMlter B. Barrows — Appointed by President J. L. 
Snyder, of the ^Michigan Agricultural College. 
Prof. E. R. Downing, of the Xorthern State N^ormal 
School, Marquette — Appointed by President Lewis H. Jones, 
State Xormal College. 
Prof. Barrows is chairman. 
There are those who consider it wrong to acquiesce in 
the passage of such a law, but the officers of both the X"a- 
tional and local Audubon Society know that the scientific 
students usually work in the interests of birds, especially 
those connected with college work. They utilize the dead 
bird to the best advantage in educating the public as to the 
value of bird life. It is found to be much better to have a 
reasonable regulation in regard to the taking of birds than to 
drift without any law on the subject which would probably 
be the case if an agreement were not reached. 
