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tention to it now as at any other time. I have looked at 

 the gentleman's amendment. Does he wish to have it 

 read now? 



Mk. Lacey. I mil read the amendment. I propose, in 

 lieu of section 5, the following : 



Sec. 5. That all dead bodies, or parts thereof, of any foreign 

 game animals, or game or song birds, the importation of which 

 is prohibited, or the dead bodies, or parts thereof, of any wild 

 game animals, or game or song birds, transported into any state 

 or territory, or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale, or 

 storage therein, shall upon arrival in such state or territory be 

 subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such state or 

 territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same 

 extent and in the same manner as though such animals or birds 

 had been produced in such state or territory, and shall not be 

 exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in or- 

 iginal packages or otherwise. This act shall not prevent the im- 

 portation, transportation, or sale of birds or bird plumage manu- 

 factured from the feathers of barnyard fowl. 



Now, in a word let me explain that in the city of New 

 York and in the state of New York, where they have rigid 

 laws, market men import grouse from Scotland, hang up 

 the grouse out in front of the store, and, while apparently 

 selling Scotch game, they are in fact selling grouse killed 

 in the Adirondacks or in the state of New York ; but they 

 use these foreign birds as a "fence," just as in some 

 localities some dealers use their business as a "fence." 

 Some merchants shelter themselves behind a legitimate 

 business in order to transact an illegal business. We 

 have rigid state laws in every state prohibiting the re- 

 ceiving of stolen goods. Now, in New York they tell me 

 that concealed behind a Scotch deer or perhaps Scotch 

 birds they are selling native birds. The only way to 

 prevent them from doing so is to prohibit the selling of 

 foreign birds. When birds are shipped into a state at a 

 time when the state statutes prohibit them from being 



