PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY BIRDS.

JUNE 27, 1918.-Ordered to be printed.

Mr. FLOOD, from the committee of conference, submitted the following

CONFERENCE REPORT.

[To accompany S. 1553]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the House to the bill (S. 1553) to give effect to the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded at Washington, August 16, 1916, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the House numbered 1, 2, and 5, and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 3:

That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House numbered 3, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following: Provided, That no person who is subject to the draft for service in the Army or Navy shall be exempted or excused from such service by reason of his employment under this act; and the House agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 4:

That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House numbered 4, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following:

Sec. 12. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the breeding of migratory game birds on farms and preserves and the sale of birds so bred under proper regulation for the purpose of increasing the food supply.

And the House agree to the same.

H. D. FLOOD,

CHAS. M. STEDMAN,

HENRY ALLEN COOPER,

Managers on the part of the House.

M. A. SMITH,

JNO. K. SHIELDS,

H. C. LODGE,

Managers on the part of the Senate.

STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE.

The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the House to the bill (S. 1553) to give effect to the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded at Washington, August 16, 1916, and for other purposes, submit the following written statement explaining the effect of the action agreed upon:

The Senate receded from its disagreement to House amendments Nos. 1, 2, and 5.

The Senate receded from its disagreement to No. 3 with an amendment. The first proviso of No. 3 prohibited the expenditure of appropriation for the publication purposes. The amendment agreed upon was the second proviso which prohibits the employment or exemption of any person under the provisions of this act who is subject to draft by the Army or Navy.

The Senate receded from its disagreement to amendment No. 4 with an amendment. The amendment No. 4 was a new section and stated that one of the objects of the bill was to foster the breeding of migratory game birds for food purposes. The amendment agreed upon is a new section providing that nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the breeding of migratory game birds or sale of birds so bred for food purposes.

H. D. FLOOD,

CHAS. M. STEDMAN,

HENRY ALLEN COOPER, Managers on the part of the House.

65th CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 2d Session.

BRIDGE ACROSS MONONGAHELA RIVER, W. VA.

JUNE 19, 1918.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.

Mr. MONTAGUE, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 12179.]

The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 12179) extending the time for the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near the city of Fairmont, W. Va., having considered the same, report thereon with amendment and as so amended recommend that it pass.

The bill as amended has the approval of the War Department, as will appear by the letter attached and which is made a part of this report.

Amend the bill as follows:

Page 1, line 3, add the letter "s" to the word "time."

Page 1, line 8, strike out the word "is" and insert in lieu thereof the word "are."

[Second indorsement.]

WAR DEPARTMENT, June 13, 1918. Respectfully returned to the chairman Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives.

So far as the interests committed to this department are concerned, I know of no objection to the favorable consideration by Congress of the accompanying bill, H. R. 12179, Sixty-fifth Congress, second session, extending the time for the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near the city of Fairmont, W. Va., if amended as indicated in red thereon.

EDW. P. STETTINIUS, Second Assistant Secretary of War.

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