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close season for black bears, and contains no prohibition against the sale or 

 shipment of their skins. Heads or skins of large brown bears, like those 

 of other protected animals, can be shipped only in accordance with the 

 regulations hereinafter provided. Regular hunting licences are not issued by 

 the Department, but shipping permits are required for the export of all 

 trophies, without regard to the circumstances under which such trophies were 

 secured. 



Text of the Act 



The Act reads as follows : 



An Act for the Protection of Game in Aiasi^a, and for other purposes. 



" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled. That from and after the passage of 

 this Act the wanton destruction of wild game animals or wild birds, the 

 destruction of nests and eggs of such birds, or the killing of any wild birds 

 other than a game bird, or wild game animal, for the purposes of shipment 

 from Alaska is hereby prohibited. 



^' Game defined: The term 'game animals' shall include deer, moose, 

 caribou, sheep, mountain goats, bears, sea-lions, and walrus. The term 

 'game birds' shall include water-fowl, commonly known as ducks, geese, 

 brant, and swans ; shore birds, commonly known as plover, snipe, and 

 curlew, and the several species of grouse and ptarmigan. Nothing in this 

 Act shall effect [affect] any law now in force in Alaska relating to the fur- 

 seal, sea-otter, or any fur-bearing animal other than bears and sea-lions, or 

 prevent the killing of any game animal or bird for food or clothing by native 

 Indians or Eskimo or by miners, explorers, or travelers on a journey when 

 in need of food ; but the game animals or birds so killed shall not be shipped 

 or sold. 



^^ Seasons : Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person in Alaska to 

 kill any wild game animals or wild birds except during the seasons hereinafter 

 provided : Large brown bears, from April fifteenth to June thirtieth, both 

 inclusive; moose, caribou, walrus, and sea-lions, from September first to 

 October thirty-first, both inclusive ; deer, sheep, and mountain goats, from 

 September first to December fifteenth, both inclusive ; grouse, ptarmigan, 

 shore birds, and water- fowl, from September first to December fifteenth 

 both inclusive : Provided., That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby 

 authorised whenever he shall deem it necessary for the preservation of game, 

 animals or birds to make and publish rules and regulations which shall 

 modify the close seasons hereinbefore established, or provide different close 

 seasons for different parts of Alaska, or place further restrictions and 



