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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 regu- 

 lation made pursuant to this Act, shall 

 be deemed guilty of a 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 incon- 

 sistent with the provisions of said con- 

 vention or of this Act, or from making 

 or enforcing laws or regulations which 

 shall give further protection to migra- 

 tory 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 ac- 

 cordance 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 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- 

 tured, 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 

 transported 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 agricul- 

 tural 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 Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture may deem necessary, 

 in the District of Columbia and else- 

 where, co-operation with local authori- 

 ties 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 undef 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 in- 

 validate the remainder thereof, but shall 

 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. 



Sec. 12. Nothing in this Act shall be 

 construed to prevent the breeding of 

 migratory game birds on farms and 

 preserves and the sale of birds so bred 

 under, proper regulation for the pur- 

 pose of increasing the food supply. 



Sec. 13. That this Act shall become 

 effective immediately upon its passage 

 and approval. 



Approved, July 3, 1918. 



MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY 

 ACT REGULATIONS. 



The President's Proclamation. 



Whereas, Section three of the Act of Con- 

 gress approved July third, nineteen' hundred 

 and eighteen,' entitled "An Act to give effect 

 to the convention between the United States 

 and Great Britain for the protection of migra- 

 tory birds concluded at Washington, August 

 sixteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and 

 for other purposes" (Public No. 186— 65th 

 Congress), provides as follows: 



"That subject to the provisions and in order 



