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Sec. 5. That any employee of the Department of Agriculture authorized by 
the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisions of this i ct shall have 
power, without warrant, to arrest any person committing a violation of this act 
in his presence or view and to take such person immediately for examination 
or trial hefore an officer or court of competent jurisdiction: shall have power 
to execute any warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of com- 
petent jurisdiction for the enforcement of the provisions of this act; and shall 
have authority, with a search warrant, to search any place. The several judges 
of the courts established under the laws of the United States, and United 
States commissioners may, within their respective jurisdictions, upon proper 
oath or affirmation showing probable cause, issue warrants in all such cases. 
All birds, or parts, nests, or eggs thereof, captured, killed, taken, shipped, 
transported, carried, or possessed contrary to the provisions of this act or of 
any regulations made pursuant thereto, shall, when found, 'be seized by any 
such employee, or by any marshal or deputy marshal, and, upon conviction of 
the offender or upon judgment of a court of the United States that the same 
were captured, killed, taken, shipped, transported, carried, or possessed con- 
trary to the provisions of this act or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, 
shall be forfeited to the United States and disposed of as directed by the 
court haying 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 regulation made pursuant to this act. shall 
be deemed guilty of 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 in- 
consistent with the provisions of said convention or of this act, or from 
making or enforcing 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 a*id approval, pursuant to section 3 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 
purposes if and to the extent not in conflict with the laws of the State, Terri- 
tory, or District in which they are taken, captured, killed, possessed, sold, or 
purchased, 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 outside 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 1917 and 1918, for enforcing 
the provisions of the act approved March 4, 1913, 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 provisions 
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 District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
cooperation with local authorities 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 under 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, 
sucli judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate 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 un- 
der proper regulation for the purpose of increasing the food supply. 
Sec. 13. That this act shall become effective immediately upon its passage 
and approval. 
