REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

 AGRICULTURE 



of August 1, 1908 



PERMITS FOR TROPHIES AND SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS. 



In accordance with the proviso in section 6 of the foregoing act, 

 authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe restrictions and 

 limitations governing the collection and shipment of specimens for 

 scientific purposes, and of live animals and birds for exhibition or 

 propagation, the following regulations, dated August one, nineteen 

 hundred and eight, were prescribed to take effect October one, nine- 

 teen hundred and eight: 



1. Permits. 



Hereafter the Department of Agriculture will not issue permits for 

 the shipment of trophies, including heads or hides of game animals, 

 since the new law requires that such trophies be shipped under regu- 

 lar hunting or shipping licenses issued by the governor of Alaska. 

 Persons desiring to collect specimens of mammals, birds, nests, or 

 eggs in Alaska for scientific purposes must satisfy the department 

 that the specimens are intended for such purposes before permits will 

 be issued, and must forward with the permit to the collector of cus- 

 toms at Seattle, Portland, or San Francisco a list showing the number 

 of each kind of game collected under said permit before the specimens 

 will be released from the customhouse. If several shipments are 

 made under one permit, the permit should accompany the first con- 

 signment and a list of the game contained in each shipment mailed 

 to the collector of customs at the time of such shipment. Permits will 

 be issued only to regular representatives of public museums or, under 

 exceptional circumstances, to persons who are known to be making 

 special investigations. 



Persons desiring to ship live animals or birds should obtain permits 

 sufficiently in advance of shipment to avoid any delay when the con- 

 signments reach the customhouse. \ 



Applicants should be careful to state in each case the region where 

 specimens are to be collected and the probable port and date of ship- 

 ment. All permits will expire on December 31 of the year of issue, 

 but consignments actually shipped before such expiration may be 

 admitted upon arrival at Seattle, Portland, or San Francisco. 



2. Specimens for Scientific Purposes. 



Packages containing specimens for scientific purposes offered for 

 shipment must be marked "Specimens for scientific purposes," or 

 words to like effect, and must bear the shipper's name and address. 

 Inattention to these details will render packages subject to examina- 

 tion and detention by officers of the customs. Packages of specimens 

 addressed to the United States Department of Agriculture, the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, or the United States National Museum, if properly 

 marked, may be shipped without permit and without examination. 

 Packages addressed to individuals, whether officers of executive 

 departments or not, must be accompanied by permit. 



