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HAWK AND OWL MONTH PROCLAMATION 
THE DIRECTORS OF THE Society were pleased to receive the following official 
proclamation from Springfield in October: 
“WHEREAS, Hawks and Owls are now protected in Illinois by progres- 
sive legislation, and 
“WHEREAS, Hawks and Owls and other predators help control rats, 
mice, rabbits, squirrels, and gophers which sometimes do extensive damage 
to agriculture, and 
“WHEREAS, Some local officials are not aware of the legislation passed 
in 1957 and 1959, concerning the protection of predator birds, and Hawks 
and Owls are still being killed in defiance of these laws, and 
“WHEREAS, The Illinois Audubon Society, together with other conserva- 
tion organizations, feel that these good laws should not pass unnoticed by 
our citizens, 
“NOW, THEREFORE, I, Otto Kerner, Governor of the State of Illinois, 
do hereby declare the month of October, of the present year, as HAWK 
AND OWL MONTH and request all our citizens, as well as public officials 
in all our 102 counties to uphold the law regarding our predator birds. 
“In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great 
Seal of the State of Illinois to be affixed. 
“Done at the Capitol, in the City of Springfield, this twenty-eighth day of 
September, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty- 
one, and of the State of Illinois the one hundred and forty-third.” 
(SEAL) 
(Signed) Otto Kerner, Governor 
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WHO ELSE NEEDS SANCTUARY SIGNS ? 
THE NOTICE PUBLISHED in last month’s ILLI- 
NOIS AUDUBON NEWSLETTER brought POSTED 
forth a favorable response, but more inquiries 
are needed before the Board of Directors of the Protected by Law 
I. A. S. will authorize printing of Sanctuary 
Signs. See the example at right. 
The signs will be 7%” x 10”, with black let- | | DLIFE SANCTUARY 
tering on yellow background. We hope to keep 
No Shooting ! 
the price around $1.00 each — larger orders Owner 
mean lower prices. Orders for the signs can- 
not be accepted as yet. Registered with the 
If you could use Sanctuary Signs of this ILLINOIS 
type, please write at once to Mr. Paul Down- AUDUBON SOCIETY 
ing, President, Illinois Audubon Society, 459 
Roger Williams Avenue, Highland Park, Illinois. Remember that any en- 
forcement of violations will remain the responsibility of your local law 
enforcement agency, not of the Society. 
