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the preparation of said regulations, shall cause the same 

 to be made public, and shall allow a period of three 

 months in which said regulations may be examined and 

 considered before final adoption, permitting, when deemed 

 proper, public hearings thereon, and after final adoption to 

 cause same to be engrossed and submitted to the Presi- 

 dent of the United States for approval: Provided however, 

 That nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect or 

 interfere with the local laws of the States and Territories 

 for the protection of non-migratory game or other birds 

 resident and breeding within their borders, nor to prevent 

 the States and Territories from enacting laws and regula- 

 tions to promote and render efficient the regulations of the 

 Department of Agriculture provided under this statute. 

 SECTION 4. That there is hereby appropriated, out of 

 any moneys hi the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, 

 the sum of ten thousand dollars. 



This bill applies only to the migratory birds and not 

 to the permanent residents, and regulates the closed 

 and open seasons for game-birds, but the States are 

 left to regulate matters such as the kinds of guns 

 that may be used, sale of game within the State, 

 and bag-limits. This bill does not take the place of 

 the state laws protecting birds, but is added to them, 

 so that an offender may be prosecuted twice, once 

 under the state laws and again under the federal law. 



Advantages of federal law. The advantages of 

 this federal law over the state laws are many. First, 

 it insures a uniform regulation. Under the state 

 laws a bird may be protected in one State and killed 

 in another, as was true of the robin. 



