54 LEGISLATION FOE THE PEOTECTION OF BIEDS. 



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

 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: Proiided, 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 Avhich is not prohibited by law in the State, Territory, or 

 District in which the same are killed. 



Sec. 4. That all pai-kages containing such dead animals, birds, or parts thereof, 

 when shi])ped by interstate commerce, as provided in section 1 of this act, shall be 

 plaiidy and clearly marked, so that the name and address of the shipixr and the 

 nature of the contents may l)e readily ascertained on inspection of the outside of 

 such packages. For each evasion or violation of this act the shipiH-r shall, upon 

 conviction, i)ay a fine of not exceeding $200; and the consignee knowingly receiving 

 such articles so shipiH-d and transported in violation of this act shall, ujum convic- 

 tion, jiay a line of not excee<ling $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 Injilies, or parts thereof, of any foreign game animals, or 

 game or song ]iird.«, 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 u.«e, consnmjjtion, sale, or storage 

 therein, shall u])on arrival in sncii Stale or Territory be subject to the operation 

 and effect of tlie laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exerci.se of its jmlice 

 jMiwers, to the sami' extent and in the siune manner as thongh such animals or birds 

 had been pro<luci'<l in such State or Territory, and shall not l)e exempt therefrom by 

 reastm of ln'ing intrcHluct'd then.'in in original packages or otherwise. This act shall 

 not prevent the iMiiK)rtation, transportation, or sale of birds or birtl plumage manu- 

 factureil from the ft-athers of liarnyard fowl. 



A PI. roved May 25, 1900. 



