FEDERAL LAW. 



Those sections of the act of May 25, 1900, commonly knoT\Ti as the 

 Lacey Act, which relate to the sale and transportation of game are 

 here given in full for the information of shippers and dealers. 



AN ACT to enlarge the powers of the Department of Agriculture, prohibit the transportation 

 by interstate commerce of game killed in violation of local laws, and for other purposes. 



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 Terri- 

 tory to another State or Territory, or from the District of Columbia or Alaska to 

 any State or Territory, or from any State or Territory to the District of Columbia 

 or Alaska, any foreign 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 Dis- 

 trict 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 captured, 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 one 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 two hundred dollars; and the consignee 

 knowingly receiving such articles so shipped and transported in violation of this 

 act shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars; and 

 the carrier knowingly carrying or transporting the same shall, upon conviction, 

 pay a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars. 



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 

 and 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 other- 

 wise. This act shall not prevent the importation, transportation, or sale of birds 

 or bird plumage manufactured from the feathers of barnyard fowl. 



Approved May 25, 1900. 



' Mongoose, flying fox, English sparrow, and starling. 



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