APPENDIX II. 



THE LACEY BIRD LAW. 



An Act to enlarge the Powers of the Department of Agriculture, 

 prohibit the Transportation by Interstate Commerce of Game 

 killed in Violation of Local Laws, and for other Purposes. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

 the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 

 duties and powers of the Department of Agriculture are hereby 

 enlarged so as to include the preservation, distribution, intro- 

 duction, and restoration of game-birds and other wild birds. 

 The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to adopt 

 such measures as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 

 of this act and to purchase such game-birds and other wild 

 birds as may be required therefor, subject, however, to the laws of 

 the various States and Territories. The object and purpose of 

 this act is to aid in the restoration of such birds in those parts of 

 the United States adapted thereto where the same have become 

 scarce or extinct, and also to regulate the introduction of Ameri- 

 can or foreign birds or animals in localities where they have not 

 heretofore existed. 



The Secretary of Agriculture shall from time to time collect 

 and publish useful information as to the propagation, uses, and 

 preservation of such birds. 



And the Secretary of Agriculture shall make and publish all 

 needful rules and regulations for carrying out the purposes of 

 this act, and shall expend for said purposes such sums as Con- 

 gress may appropriate therefor. 



SEC. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons 

 to import into the United States any foreign wild animal or bird 

 except under special permit from the United States Department 

 of Agriculture: Provided, That nothing in this section shall 

 restrict the importation of natural history specimens for mu- 

 seums or scientific collections or the importation of certain cage 

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