208 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Act May 11, 1908, c. 1G2. s. 5, 35 Stat. 103. 



Shipment, etc., from Alaska of wild birds or certain wild animals, or carcasses, 

 etc., thereof, without license, etc., unlawful; collection of scientific speci- 

 mens, etc., act not to be construed to prevent capture or shipment of live 

 animals for exhibition, etc., or export of specimens under permit, duty of 

 collectors of customs to keep account of consignments of game from Alaska; 

 detention and forfeiture of consignments arriving without licenses. 



"■ Sfx". 0. That it shall be unhnvful for any persons, firm, or corpora- 

 tion, or their officers or agents, to deliver to any common carrier, or 

 for the owner, agent, or master of any vessel, or for any other person, 

 to receive for shipment or have in possession with intent to ship out of 

 Alaska, any wild birds, except eagles, or parts tliereof. or any heads, 

 hides, or carcasses of brown bear, caribou, deer, moose, moimtain 

 sheep, or mountain goats, or parts thereof, unless said heads, hides, 

 or carcasses are accompanied by the required license or coupon and 

 by a copy of the affidavit required by section five of this Act: Pro- 

 vided., That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the col- 

 lection of specimens for scientific purposes, the capture or shipment of 

 live animals and birds for exhibition or propagation, or the export 

 from Alaska of specimens under permit from the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, and under such restrictions and limitations a,s he may pre- 

 scribe and publish. 



" It shall be the duty of the collector of customs at Seattle, Port- 

 land, and San Francisco to keep strict account of all consignments of 

 game animals received from Alaska, and no consignment of game 

 shall be entered until due notice thereof has been received from the 

 governor of Alaska or the Secretary of Agi-iculture, and found to 

 agree with the name and address on the shipment. In case consign- 

 ments arrive without licenses they shall be detained for sixty days, 

 and if a license be not then produced said consignments shall be for- 

 feited to the United States and shall be delivered by the collector of 

 cu.stoms to the United States marshal of the district for such dispo- 

 sition as the court may direct. 



Act May 11. 190S. c. 162. s. 6. 35 Stat. 104. 



Violations of act punishable; duty of marshals, collectors of customs, game 

 wardens, etc., to assist in enforcement of act; arrests and seizures without 

 warrants, for violations of act or regulations. 



'* Sec. 7. Penalties. — That any person violating any of the provi- 

 sions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 

 conviction thereof shall forfeit to the United States all game or birds 

 in his possession, and all guns, traps, nets, or boats used in killing or 

 capturing said game or birds, and shall be punished for each offense 

 by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or imprisonment not 

 more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in 

 the di.scretion of the court. Any person making any false or untrue 

 statements in any affidavit required by this Act shall be deemed guilty 

 of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit to the 

 United States all trophies in his possession, and shall be ]Minished by 

 a fine in any sum not more than two hundred dollars or imprison- 

 ment not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprison- 

 ment, in the discretion of the court. 



'"Enforcement. — It is hereby made the duty of all marshals and 

 deputy marshaks. collectors or deputy collectors of cu.stoms, all offi- 

 cers of revenue cutters, and all game wardens to a.'^sist in the enforce- 

 ment of this Act. Any marshal, deputy mai*shal, or warden in or out 



