600 



ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



section and teiniinatcd by a fine, 1 by verdict of not guilty as the 

 result of a jury trial, 10 by failure of tlie grand jury to indict, and 

 36 by dismissal. Nineteen of the dismissed cases represented offenses 

 growing out of the mistaken but bona fide belief by defendants that 

 regulation 4 of the migratory-bird regulations Avas to be amended 

 to permit the possession of birds legally killed for an additional 

 period beyond the 10-day limit. The birds involved in these 19 cases 

 were turned over to charitable institutions. In one of the cases re- 

 ported as terminated by a fine aigrettes to. the value of $10,000 were 

 confiscated, and in another the defendant, in addition to being fined, 

 was sentenced to jail for one week. Two hundred and thirty-six 

 cases were pending at the close of the fiscal year. 



Fines imposed binder the migratory bird treaty act. 



THE LACEY ACT. 



(35 Stat, 1137.) 



Twenty-eight cases were reported to the Department of Justice. 

 At the close of the preceding fiscal year 29 cases were pending, of 

 which 20 were terminated during the fiscal year, 12 by convictions 

 and the imposition of fines and 8 by dismissal or abatement on ac- 

 count of age. 



Of the 28 cases reported during the year 13 were closed, 11 by 

 convictions and the imposition of fines, 1 by dismissal, and 1 on 

 account of the death of the defendant. Twenty-four cases were 

 pending at the end of the year. Fines were imposed as follows : 



BIRD RESERVATION TRESPASS LAW. 



(35 Stat. 1104.) 



Three cases were reported to the Department of Justice, and re- 

 sulted in convictions. In two fines were imposed and in the third 

 both defendants were sentenced to three months each in jail. 



