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cases. All birds, or parts, nests, or eggs thereof, captured, killed, taken, 

 shipped, transported, carried, or possessed contrary to the provisions of this Act 

 or of any regulations made pursuant thereto shall, when found, be seized by any 

 such employee, or by any marshal or deputy niarshal, and, upon conviction of 

 the oflfender or upon judgment of a court of the United States that the same 

 were captured, killed, taken, shipped, transported, carried, or possessed con- 

 trary to the provisions of this Act or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, 

 shall be forfeited to the United States and disposed of as directed by the court 

 having jurisdiction. 



Sec. 6. That any person, association, partnership, or corporation who shall 

 violate any of the provisions of said convention or of this Act, or who shall 

 violate or fail to comply with any regulation made pursuant to this Act, shall 

 be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined 

 not more than $500 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. 



Sec. 7. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the several. 

 States and Territories from making or enforcing laws or regulations not in- 

 consistent with the provisions of said convention or of this Act, or from making 

 or enforcing laws or regulations which shall give further protection to migratory 

 birds, their nests, and eggs, if such laws or regulations do not extend the open 

 seasons for such birds beyond the dates approved by the President in accordance 

 with section three of this Act. 



Sec. 8. That until the adoption and approval, pursuant to section three of 

 this Act, of regulations dealing with migratory birds and their nests and eggs, - 

 such migratory birds and their nests and eggs as are intended and used exclu- 

 sively for scientific or propagating purposes may be taken, captured, killed, pos- 

 sessed, sold, purchased, shipped, and transported for such scientific or propagat- 

 ing purposes if and to the extent not in confiict with the laws of the State, Terri- 

 tory, or District in which they are taken, captured, killed, possessed, sold, or 

 purchased, or in or from which they are shipped or transported if the packages 

 containing the dead bodies or the nests or eggs of such birds when shipped and 

 transported shall be marked on the outside thereof so as accurately and clearly 

 to show the name and address of the shipper and the contents of the package. 



Sec. 9. That the unexpended balances of any sums appropriated by the agri- 

 cultural appropriation Acts for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and seventeen 

 and nineteen hundred and eighteen, for enforcing the provisions of the Act 

 approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, relating to the protec- 

 tion of migratory game and insectivorous birds, are hereby reappropriated and 

 made available until expended for the expenses of carrying into efEect the 

 provisions of this Act and regulations made pursuant thereto, Including the 

 payment of such rent, and the employment of such persons and means, as the 

 Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, in the District of Columbia and 

 elsewhere, cooperation with local authorities In the protection of migratory 

 birds, and necessary investigations connected therewith : Provided, That no 

 person who is subject to the draft for service in the Army or Navy shall be 

 exempted or excused from such service by reason of his employment under 

 this Act. 



Sec. 10. That If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act shall, for 

 any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, 

 such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but 

 ehall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part 

 thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have 

 been rendered. 



Sec. 11. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this 

 Act are hereby repealed. 



