THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



Warning Against Shipping Game By Mail 



Regulations Issued by Postmaster General Will be Important 

 Factor Against Game Violations. 



Persons are hereby warned against the use of the mail in shipping any 

 game or hides unlawful to possess or handle, under the state fish and 

 game laws. 



Office of the Postmaster General 

 Washington, Dec. 23, 1913. 



Order No. 7734. 



The postal laws and regulations, edition of 1913, are amended by the 

 addition of the following as Section 477%: 



Sec. 477 i/o. Postmasters shall not accept for mailing any parcel con- 

 taining the dead bodies, or parts thereof, of any wild animals or birds which 

 have been killed or are offered for shipment in violation of the laws of the 

 State, Territory or District in which the same were killed or offered for 

 shipment. Provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be construed to 

 prevent the acceptance for mailing of any dead animals or birds killed dur- 

 ing the season when the same may be lawfully captured, and the export of 

 which is not prohibited by the law of the State, Territory or District in 

 which the same are captured or killed. 



(2) Parcels containing the dead bodies of any game animals, or parts 

 thereof, including furs, skins, skulls, or meat, or of any game or wild birds, 

 or parts thereof, including skins, or any plumage, may be admitted to the 

 mails only when plainly marked on the outside to show the actual nature of 

 the contents and the name and address of the sender or shipper: Provided, 

 however, that no parcel containing fresh game in any form may be accepted 

 for transmission beyond the second zone. (See Sec. 475.) 



(3) Postmasters desiring additional information on this subject should 

 address the Third Assistant Postmaster General, Division of Classification. 



(Note— Sections 242, 243 and 244, Act of March 4, 1909, 35 Stat., 

 1137, make it unlawful to ship in interstate commerce the dead bodies, or 

 parts thereof, of any game animals or wild birds which have been killed 

 or shipped in violation of the laws of the State, Territory or District in 

 which the same were killed, or from which they were shipped.) 



A. S. BUELESON, Postmaster General. 



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