72 DIGEST OF GAME LAWS FOE 1901. 



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 convic- 

 tion, 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 know- 

 ingly 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 otherwise. This Act shall not pre- 

 vent the importation, transportation, or sale of birds or bird plumage manufactured 

 from the feathers of barnyard fowl. 



Approved, May 25, 1900. 



TARIFF ACT OF 1897. 

 30 Statutes at Larg-e, pp. 161-201. 



Chap. 11. An Act To provide revenue for the Government and to encoxirage the industries of the 



United States. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America 

 in Congress assembled, That on and after the passage of this Act, unless otherwise 

 specially provided for in this Act, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon 

 all articles imported from foreign countries, and mentioned in the schedules herein 

 contained, the rates of duty which are, by the schedules and paragraphs, respectively 

 prescribed, namely: 



SCHEDULE G: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND PROVISIONS. 



Animals, live. 



222. All other live animals [i. e. beside cattle, swine, horses, mules and sheep], not 

 specially provided for in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem. 



Meat products. 



275. Meats of all kindS; prepared or preserved, not specially provided for in this Act, 

 twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 



FREE LIST. 



Sec 2. That on and after the passage of this Act, unless otherwise specially pro- 

 vided for in this Act, the following articles when imported shall be exempt from 

 duty: 



474. * * * wild animals intended for exhibition in zoological collections for scien- 

 tific and educational purposes, and not for sale or profit. 



