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8. 242, set forth below, aud the above seotiou is not incliuled with other 

 sections of this net expressly repealed by section 341 of said act March 

 4. 1900. 



ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 321. (35 Stat. 1088.) 



Importation of certain injurious animals and birds forbidden; permits for 

 foreign wild animals and birds; specimens for museums, etc. 



Sec. 241. The importation into the United States, or any Territory 

 or District thereof, of the mongoose, the so-called " flj'ing foxes " or 

 fruit bats, the English sparrow, the starling, and such other birds and 

 animals as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time 

 declare to be injurious to the interests of agriculture or horticulture, 

 is hereby prohibited; and all such birds and animals shall, upon 

 arrival at any port of the United States, be destroyed or returned 

 at the expense of the owner. No person shall import into the United 

 States or into any Territory or District thereof, any foreign wild 

 aninuil or bird, except under special permit from the Secretary of 

 Agriculture: Provided, That nothing in this section shall restrict 

 the importation of natural history specimens for museums or sci- 

 entific collections, or of certain cage birds, such as domesticated 

 canaries, parrots, or such other birds as the Secretary of Agriculture 

 may designate. The Secretary of the Treasury is herebj' authorized 

 to make regulation^ for carrying into effect the provisions of this 

 section. 



Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 241, 3,') Stat. 11.37. 



This section is a part of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal 

 laws of the United States." cited above, incorporating therein the pro- 

 visions of section 2 of act May 25, 1900. c. 553, 31 Stat. 18S. M'hich section 

 is expressly repealed by section 341 of this act. . 



See note on appro])rif'tion for enforcement of this section under section 

 244 of this act set forth below. 



Interstate transportation of animals and birds illegally imported and game 

 killed in violation of laws of States, etc.. unlawful; game in season and 

 feathers of barnyard fowls excepted. 



Sec. 242. It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver to any 

 common carrier for transportation, or for any common carrier to 

 transport from any State. Territory, or District of the United States, 

 to any other State, Territory, or District thereof, any foreign 

 animals or birds, the importation of which is prohibited, or the dead 

 bodies or parts thereof of any wild animals or birds, where such 

 animals or birds have been killed or shipped in violation of the laws of 

 the State, Territory, or district in which the same were killed, or from 

 which they were shipped : Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent 

 the transportation of any dead birds or animals killed dunng the 

 season when the same may be lawfully captured, and the export of 

 which is not prohibited by law in the State, Territor3% or District in 

 which the same are captured or killed: Provided further. That noth- 

 ing herein shall prevent the importation, transportation, or sale of 

 birds or bird plumage manufactured from the feathers of barnyard 

 fowls. 



Act March 4, 1909, c. 321. s. 242, 35 Stat. 1137. 



This soc-tion is a part of "'An act to codify, revise, and amend the 

 penal laws of the United States," cited above, incorporating therein 

 provisions of sections 3 and 5 of act May 25. 1900, c. .553. 31 Stat. 18S. 

 Section 3 of said act is expressly repealed by section 341 of said act 

 March 4. 1909. 



