. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, April 3, 1915.] THE FEDERAL MIGRATORY BIRD LAW. Tn view of the tact that there is evidence that not SHv tne public, but, in many instances the press of onl> tne puui . impression that the ^•'Tust rendered by Judge John C. Pollock of ?heC Federal District Court at Topeka, Kansas in £ I beholds the federal law for the protection of W Storv birds to be unconstitutional, is the final mi?HWinn on that statute, the following statement adJt^Th!s erroneous impression has been issued ^peresrdtenrjohnB Burnham of the American Game P'r.^ need


. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, April 3, 1915.] THE FEDERAL MIGRATORY BIRD LAW. Tn view of the tact that there is evidence that not SHv tne public, but, in many instances the press of onl> tne puui . impression that the ^•'Tust rendered by Judge John C. Pollock of ?heC Federal District Court at Topeka, Kansas in £ I beholds the federal law for the protection of W Storv birds to be unconstitutional, is the final mi?HWinn on that statute, the following statement adJt^Th!s erroneous impression has been issued ^peresrdtenrjohnB Burnham of the American Game P'r.^ need feel no alarm oyer the Kan- sas decisTon. The Supreme Court of the Dnited Sates now has before it on appeal a case from Ar- kansas °n which the constitutionality of the law will k final v passed upon. That ease lacks certain im- Lfant elements favorable to the sustaining of the K* the Kansas case, which will be incor- ;,pn with it will provide. In a sense, then, Judge PoUock's decision is a welcome one to those who are lorMngto avert the destruction of the wild life ot hThT Kansas decision is the third that has been ref^ by fede^nudges on the law.^In Arkansas, ; Judge Jacob c-J"^?0^al0Vhile in South Dakota, ?TeUje DTmot on Ipril is 1914, held it constitu- S3^=^brs^|orously exception of the jurisdictions of Judges Tneber and P0UT°he' Solicitor General of the United States has askld the Supreme Court for an early consideration asked tne -up possible but it may be that t w 11 nofbe "Lhed before next fall. We are hop- . n~ to have it passed upon this spring. -The federal law provides protection not onl> foi ,ame birds but for most of the country's most valu- ab" song and insectivorous as well. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN At the Traps ITu " ^rThflnJrje^s^aon Tenth south- wmmmmm beJ^ear?|d'16E,l?-Tf e 8 nTers'ta^"SJccfaUon^ Tenth ™r orth°efr •sssjsriffsr'ssws "ss^sp &—* Manager, Pittsburg:. Pa. pacific July 8. 0. 10-The Interstat


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