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or master of any vessel, or for any other person, to receive for shipment or 

 have in possession with intent to ship out of Alaska, any wild birds, except 

 eagles, or parts thereof, or any heads, hides, or carcasses of brown bear, 

 caribou, deer, moose, mountain sheep, or mountain goats, or parts thereof, unless 

 said heads, hides, or carcasses are accompanied by the required license or coupon 

 and by a copy of the affidavit required by section five of this act : Provided, That 

 nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the collection of specimens for 

 scientific purposes, the capture or shipment of live animals and birds for exhibi- 

 tion or propagation, or the export from Alaska of specimens under permit from 

 the Secretary of Agriculture, and under such restrictions and limitations as he 

 may prescribe and publish. 



" It shall be the duty of the collector of customs at Seattle, Portland, and 

 San Francisco to keep strict account of all consignments of game animals re- 

 ceived from Alaska, and no consignment of game shall be entered until due 

 notice thereof has been received from the governor of Alaska or the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, and found to agree with the name and address on the shipment. 

 In case consignments arrive without licenses they shall be detained for sixty 

 days, and if a license be not then produced said consignments shall be forfeited 

 to the United States and shall be delivered by the collector of customs to the 

 United States marshal of the district for such disposition as the court may 

 direct. 



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(Approved May 11, 190S; Statutes, XXXV, 104.) 



NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



The National Academy of Sciences is required, at their next meeting, to take 

 into consideration the methods and expenses of conducting all surveys of a 

 scientific character, and all chemical, testing, and experimental laboratories and 

 to report to Congress as soon thereafter as may be practicable a plan for con- 

 solidating such surveys, chemical, testing, and experimental laboratories so as 

 to effectually prevent duplication of work and reduce expenditures without 

 detriment to the public service. 



It is the judgment of Congress that any person who holds employment under 

 the United States or who is employed by and receives a regular salary from any 

 scientific bureau or institution that is required to report to Congress should 

 I'efrain from participation in the deliberations of said National Academy of 

 Science on this subject and from voting on or joining in any recommendaton 

 hereunder. (Approved May 27, 1908; Statutes, XXXV, 387.) 



FIRST PAN-AMEKICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS, SANTIAGO, CHILE. 



To enable the Government of the United States to be fittingly represented at 

 the first Pan-American Scientific Congress to be held at Santiago, Chile, during 

 the year nineteen hundred and eight, thirty-five thousand dollars, to be imme- 

 diately available and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of 

 State. (Approved May 27, 1908; Statutes, XXXV, 380.) 



INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON TUBERCULOSIS. 



To enable the Government of the United States suitably to participate in the 

 International Congress on Tul)erculosis, which will convene at Washington, 

 September twenty-first to October twelfth, nineteen hundred and eight, twenty- 

 five thousand dollars. (Approved, May 21, 1908; Statutes XXXV, 179.) 



