152 MAJOR JOHN F. LACEY 



killed and a man is arrested, lie says, "They were shipped 

 under interstate commerce, and you cannot interfere with 

 me." 



This proposed section is copied from the Wilson orig- 

 inal package act, which has stood the test of judicial crit- 

 icism. It will enable the state of New York to treat 

 Scotch game or foreign game precisely as it would its own 

 game when it arrives in the state, and thus protect against 

 the foreign game being used as a screen to sell the local 

 game. 



Me. Adamson. I want to ask you a question — not 

 about the provision about domestic fowls, nor the pro- 

 vision as to foreign animals and birds, but other language 

 in your proposed amendment. It relates to the sale of 

 game animals and birds transported into any state or 

 territory, and remaining there for use, consumption, sale, 

 or storage therein. I presume that has application, for 

 instance, to birds or game killed in Virginia and shipped 

 into Maryland or other states under interstate commerce. 



Mr. Lacey. Yes. 



Mr. Adamson. Now, as I understand your amendment, 

 it would be a violation of the law to ship and sell these 

 birds or animals in another state, although it was lawful 

 to kill them and sell them at the time they were killed. 



Mr. Lacey. Certainly, as to the shipment. It will 

 simply do this: Suppose the closed season in Virginia 

 commences on the 1st of December, and the closed season 

 in Georgia is the 1st of October. Now, it will be lawful 

 to ship animals and birds from Virginia into the District 

 of Columbia and Baltimore longer than it would be from 

 Georgia, because the closed season is different; and the 

 man that receives and handles them must know that he is 

 dealing with something that has not been killed in viola- 

 tion of the state law from which the game comes. The 

 state law would protect the state of Georgia from the 



