FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



ASK YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS TO 

 HELP US. 



The Hon. John F. Lacy, of Iowa, has 

 introduced in Congress this bill for the 

 protection of game and of song birds: 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House 

 of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled, That 

 the duties and powers of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture are hereby enlarged 

 so as to include the preservation, dis- 

 tribution, introduction, and restoration 

 of game birds and other wild birds. 

 The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby 

 authorized to adopt such measures as 

 may be necessary to carry out the pur- 

 poses of this Act and to purchase such 

 game birds and other wild birds as may 

 be required therefor, subject, however, 

 to the laws of the various States and 

 Territories. The object and purpose of 

 this Act is to aid in the restoration of 

 such birds in those parts of the United 

 States adapted thereto where the same 

 have become scarce or extinct, and 

 to regulate the introduction of American 

 or foreign birds or animals in localities 

 where they have not heretofore existed. 



The Secretary of Agriculture shall 

 from time to time collect and publish 

 useful information as to the propagation, 

 uses, and preservation of such birds. 



And the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

 make and publish all needful rules and 

 regulations for carrying out the pur- 

 poses of this Act, and shall expend for 

 said purposes such sums as Congress 

 may appropriate therefor. 



Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for 

 any person or persons to import into the 

 United States any foreign wild animal or 

 bird except under special permit from 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture: Provided, That nothing in this 

 section shall restrict the importation of 

 natural history specimens for museums 

 or scientific collections, or the importa- 

 tion of certain cage birds, such as do- 

 mesticated canaries, parrots, or such 

 other species as the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture may designate. 



The importation of the mongoose, the 

 so-called "flying-foxes" or fruit bats, the 

 English sparrow, the starling, or such 

 other birds or animals as the Secretary 

 of Agriculture may from time to time de- 

 clare injurious to the interest of agricul- 

 ture or horticulture is hereby prohibited. 

 ntnl such species upon arrival at any of 



the ports of the United States shall be 

 destroyed or returned at the expense of 

 the owner. The Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury is hereby authorized to make regu- 

 lations for carrying into effect the pro- 

 visions of this section. 



Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful for 

 any person or persons to deliver to any 

 common carrier to transport from one 

 State or Territory to another State or 

 Territory, or from the District of Co- 

 lumbia or Alaska to any State or Terri- 

 tory, 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 ani- 

 mals or birds, where such animals or 

 birds have been killed in violation of the 

 laws of the State, Territory, or District 

 in which the same were killed: Pro- 

 vided, 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 there- 

 of, when shipped by interstate com- 

 merce, 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 con- 

 tents may be readily ascertained on in- 

 spection 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 $200; and the 

 consignee knowingly receiving such arti- 

 cles so shipped and transported in viola- 

 tion of this Act shall, upon conviction, 

 pay a fine of not exceeding $200; and 

 the carrier knowingly carrying or trans- 

 porting the same shall, upon conviction, 

 pay a fine of not exceeding $200. 

 This is the best and most important 

 measure ever introduced in the American 

 Congress for the protection of game, and 

 it now becomes the duty of every friend 

 of game protection to write his representa- 

 tives, in both houses of Congress, urging 

 favorable action on this bill. Also to get 

 as many other people as possible to do so. 

 The bill is known as House bill No. 6,634, 

 and should be so designated in all corre- 

 spondence relating thereto. 



Get to work on this at once, Don't lose. 

 ;•. minute. — Editor 



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