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ported species of perching bird (or Passerine), (injurious to 

 forestry or agriculture) shall not be protected by this Act. 



Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to catch or kill 

 any perching bird (or Passerine) other than those specified in 

 Section 2, or to have in his or her possession the body of any 

 such bird, or to take, destroy or have in possession the nest or 

 eggs of any such bird. 



Section 4. Any person violating this Act shall be guilty of a 

 misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined Ten Dollars 

 ($10.00) for each offense, and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each 

 perching bird (or Passerine) killed or caught, other than those 

 specified in Section 2, or for each body or part of the body of 

 such bird that he or she has in possession, or for each nest or 

 Qgg of->such bird as is destroyed or possessed in violation of this 

 Act ; or shall be liable to imprisonment for two weeks or to both 

 fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court ; provided, 

 however, that the preceding sections of this Act shall not apply 

 to any person holding a permit, issued in accordance with the 

 provisions of the next Section of this Act, giving him or her the 

 right to collect any species of perching bird (or Passerine), 

 their eggs or nests for scientific purposes only, unless such per- 

 son shall violate the conditions of such permit. 



Section 5. To any person who shall furnish satisfactory evi- 

 dence that he or she is a duly authorized agent of some scientific 

 institution and is collecting birds, their nests or eggs, for such 

 institution, or for private scientific study and not for sale, the 

 Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry of this Territory, 

 or such agent as they appoint, may issue a permit to collect for 

 such scientific purposes, a limited number of any species of perch- 

 ing birds (or Passerine), (the number of each and any species 

 that may be caught or killed being stated by the aforesaid Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture and FoVestry or the agent appointed by 

 them), at any time between and including the first day of October 

 and the last day of February next following, but at no other 

 time wdiatsoever. 



Section 6. Any person to whom such permit to collect perch- 

 ing birds (or Passerine), their eggs or nests shall be issued, shall 

 file with the Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, or their 

 agent, a good and sufficient bond to the Territory of Hawaii in 

 the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), with two respon- 

 sible citizens of this Territory as sureties, conditioned that if the 

 holder of said permit shall be convicted of violation of any of 

 the provisions of this Act, or of those of the permit issued to him 

 or her, the said bond shall be forfeited. 



Section 7. The applicant to whom a permit to collect perch- 

 ing birds (or Passerine) is issued, shall pay a fee of One Dollar 

 ($1.00) to defray the expense of such permit, said permit to bear 

 the name and post office address of the holder, a copy of this 



