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THE GAME BREEDER 



posed 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 con- 

 vention or of this Act, or who shall vio- 

 late or fail to comply with any regula- 

 tion made pursuant to this Act, shall be 

 'deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 

 iupon 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 enforc- 

 ing laws or regulations not inconsistent 

 -with the provisions of said convention 

 or of this Act, or from making or en- 

 forcing 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 mi- 

 gratory birds and their nests and, eggs, 

 such migratory birds and their nests and 

 eggs as are intended and used exclusively 

 for scientific or propagating purposes 

 may be taken, captured, killed, possessed, 

 sold, purchased, shipped and transported 

 for such scientific or propagating pur- 

 poses if and to the extent not in conflict 

 with the laws of the State, Territory or 

 District in which they are taken, cap- 

 7tured, killed, possessed, sold or pur- 

 •^chased, 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 

 Ttransported shall be marked on the out- 

 ;side 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 ap- 

 proved March fourth, nineteen hundred 



and thirteen, relating to the protection 

 of migratory game and insectivorous 

 birds, are hereby reappropriated and 

 made available until expended for the 

 expenses of carrying into effect the pro- 

 visions 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 city of Washington and elsewhere, 

 co-operation with local authorities in the 

 protection of migratory birds, and nec- 

 essary investigations connected there- 

 with. , 



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 in- 

 validate the remainder thereof, but shall 

 be confined in its operation to the clause, 

 sentence, paragraph or part thereof di- 

 rectly 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. 



Sec. 12. That this Act shall become 

 effective immiediately upon its passage 

 and approval. 



Passed the Senate July 30, 1917. 

 Attest: James M. Baker, 



Secretary. 



"Near Mallards" Migratory. 



We heard recently that many "near 

 mallards" undoubtedly from the numer- 

 ous game parks and preserves in the 

 Northern States are shot in the South. 



A member of The Game Conservation 

 Society reported that a lot of his ducks 

 which went South last winter returned 

 in the spring and brought others with 

 them. 



Our readers will remember the story 

 of the mallard which Mr. Mcllheny 

 trapped and shipped from Louisiana to 

 Wisconsin and which soon flew home and 

 was trapped a second time on Avery 

 Island. There could be no doubt about 

 the bird since it had a band on its leg. 



