54 LEGISLATION FOE THE PROTECTION OF BIKDS. 



Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make regulations for carrying into 

 effect the provisions of this section. 



Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to deliver to any common 

 carrier, or for any common carrier to transport from one State or Territory to another 

 State or Territory, or from the District of Columbia or Alaska to any State or Terri- 

 tory, or from any State or Territory to the District of Columbia or Alaska, any for- 

 eign 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 in violation of the laws of the State, Territory, or District in which the same 

 were killed: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent the transportation of any 

 dead birds or animals killed during the season when the same may be lawfully cap- 

 tured, and the export. of which is not prohibited by law in the State, Territory, or 

 District in which the same are killed. 



Sec. 4. That all packages containing such dead animals, birds, or parts thereof, 

 when shipped by interstate commerce, as provided in section 1 of this act, shall be 

 plainly and clearly marked, so that the name and address of the shipper and the 

 nature of the contents may be readily ascertained on inspection of the outside of 

 such packages. For each evasion or violation of this act the shipper shall, upon 

 conviction, pay a fine of not exceeding $200; and the consignee knowingly receiving 

 such articles so shipped and transported in violation of this act shall, upon convic- 

 tion, pay a fine of not exceeding $200; and the carrier knowingly carrying or trans- 

 porting the same shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not exceeding $200. 



Sec. 5. That all dead bodies, or parts thereof, of any foreign game animals, or 

 game or song birds, the importation of which is prohibited, or the dead bodies, or 

 parts thereof, of any wild game animals, or game or song birds transported into any 

 State or Territory, or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale, or storage 

 therein, shall upon arrival in such State or Territory be subject to the operation 

 and effect of the laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exercise of its police 

 powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such animals or birds 

 had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by 

 reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise. This act shall 

 not prevent the importation, transportation, or sale of birds or bird plumage manu- 

 factured from the feathers of barnyard fowl. 



Approved May 25, 1900. 



