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laws or regulations not inconsistent 

 with the provisions of said convention or 

 of this Act, or from making or enforcing 

 laws or regulations which shall give further 

 protection to migratory birds, their 

 nests, and eggs, if such laws or regulations 

 do not extend the open season for such 

 birds beyond the dates approved bj' the 

 President in accordance with section 

 three of this Act. 



Sec. 8. That until the adoption and 

 approval, pursuant to section three of this 

 Act, of regulations dealing with migratory 

 birds and their nests and eggs, such 

 migratory birds and their nests and eggs 

 as are intended and used exclusively 

 for scientific or propagating purposes may 

 be taken, captured, killed, possessed, 

 sold, purchased, shipped, and transported 

 for such scientific or propagating pur- 

 poses if and to the extent not in conflict 

 with the laws of the State, Territory, 

 or District in which they are taken, 

 captured, killed, possessed, sold, or pur- 

 chased, or in or from which they are 

 shipped or transported if the packages con- 

 taining the dead bodies or the nests or eggs 

 of such birds when shipped and transported 

 shall be marked on the outside thereof so 

 as accurately and clearly to show the 

 name and address of the shipper and the 

 contents of the package. 



Sec. 9. That the unexpended balances 

 of any sums appropriated by the agri- 

 cultural appropriation Acts for the fiscal 

 years nineteen hundred and seventeen 

 and nineteen hundred and eighteen, for 

 enforcing the provisions of the Act 

 approved March fourth, nineteen hundred 

 and thirteen, relating to the protection 



of migratory game and insectivorous birds, 

 are hereby reappropriated and made 

 available until expended for the expenses 

 of carrying into effect the provisions 

 of this Act and regulations made pursuant 

 thereto, including the payment of such 

 rent, and the employment of such persons 

 and means, as the Secretary of Agriculture 

 may deem necessary, in the District of 

 Columbia and elsewhere, cooperation with 

 local authorities in the protection of 

 migratory birds, and necessary investiga- 

 tions connected therewith: 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. 



Sec. 10. That if any clause, sentence, 

 paragraph, or part of this Act shall, 

 for any reason, be adjudged by any court 

 of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, 

 such judgment shall not afTect, impair, or 

 invalidate the remainder thereof, but 

 shall be confined in its operation to the 

 clause, sentence, paragraph, or part 

 thereof directly involved in the controversy 

 in which such judgment shall have been 

 rendered. 



Sec. II. That all Acts or parts of Acts 

 inconsistent with the provisions of this 

 Act are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 12. Nothing in this Act shall be 

 construed to prevent the breeding of 

 migratory game birds on farms and pre- 

 serves and the sale of birds so bred 

 under proper regulation for the purpose of 

 increasing the food supply. 



Sec. 13. That this Act shall become 

 effective immediately upon its passage 

 and approval. 



MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT REGULATIONS 



[Effective July 31, 1918] 



BY THE president' OF 

 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 



A PROCLAMATION 



Whereas, section three of the Act of 

 Congress approved July third, nineteen 

 hundred and eighteen, entitled "An Act 

 To give effect to the convention between 

 the United States and Great Britain for the 

 protection of migratory birds concluded 

 at Washington, .Vugust sixteenth, nineteen 

 hundred and sixteen, and for other pur- 

 poses" (Public, No. 186, 65th Congress), 

 provides as follows: 



That subject to the provisions and in 

 order to carry outj^the purposes of the 



convention, the Secretary of Agriculture 

 is authorized and directed, from time 

 to time, having due regard to the zones of 

 temperature and to the distribution, 

 abundance, economic value, breeding 

 habits, and times and lines of migratory 

 flight of such birds, to determine when, to 

 what extent, if at all, and by what means, 

 it is compatible with the terms of the 

 convention to allow hunting, taking, 

 capture, killing, [possession, {sic)], sale, 

 purchase, shipment, transportation, car- 

 riage, or export of any such bird, or 

 any part, nest, or egg thereof, and to 

 adopt suitable regulations permitting and 

 go\erning tlie same, in accordance with 

 such determinations, which regulations 

 shall become effective when approved by 

 the President. 



