14 BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY [S. R. A. 
Sec 53. Whoever shall build a lire in or near any forest, timber, or other 
inflammable material upon the public domain shall, before leaving said lire, 
totally extinguish the same; and whoever shall fail to do so shall be fined 
not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. 
PROVISIONS OF TARIFF ACT REGULATING IMPORTATION OF 
PLUMAGE, GAME, ETC. 
Act of September 21, 1922 
[42 Star. 915] 
Par. 1419. Feathers and downs, on the skin or otherwise, crude or not 
dressed, colored, or otherwise advanced or manufactured in any manner ; 
not specially provided lor, 20 per centum ad valorem: dressed, colored, or 
otherwise advanced or manufactured in any manner, including quilts of down 
and other manufactures of down : artificial or ornamental feathers suitable 
for use as millinery ornaments, artificial or ornamental fruits, vegetables, 
grains, leaves, flowers, and stems or parts thereof, of whatever material com- 
posed, not specially provided for, 60 per centum ad valorem; natural leaves, 
plants, shrubs, herbs, trees, and parts thereof, chemically treated, colored, 
dj'ed or painted, not specially provided for, 00 per centum ad valorem ; boas, 
boutonnieres, wreaths, and all articles not specially provided for, composed 
wholly or in chief value of any of the feathers, flowers, leaves, or other mate- 
rial herein mentioned, 60 per centum ad valorem : Provided, That the im- 
portation of birds of paradise, aigrettes, egret plumes or so-called osprey 
plumes, and the feathers, quills, heads, wings, tails, skins, or parts of skins, 
of wild birds, either raw or manufactured, and not for scientific or educational 
purposes, is hereby prohibited ; but this provision shall not apply to the 
feathers or plumes of ostriches or to the feathers or plumes of domestic fowls 
of any kind : Provided further, That birds of paradise and the feathers, quills, 
heads, wings, tails, skins, or parts thereof, and all aigrettes, egret plumes, or 
so-called osprey plumes, and the feathers, quills, heads, wings, tails, skins, or 
parts of skins, of wild birds, either raw or manufactured, of like kind to those 
the importation of which is prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this 
paragraph, which may be found in the United States, on and after the pas- 
sage of this act, except as to such plumage or parts of birds in actual use for 
personal adornment, and except such plumage, birds, or parts thereof im- 
ported therein for scientific or educational purposes, shall be presumed for the 
purpose of seizure to have been imported unlawfully after October 3, 1913, 
and the collector of customs shall seize the same unless the possessor thereof 
shall establish, to the satisfaction of the collector, that the same were im- 
parled into the United States prior to October 3, 1913, or as to such plumage 
or parfe of birds that they were plucked or derived in the United States from 
birds lawfully therein; and in case of seizure by the collector he shall 
proceed as in case of forfeiture for violation of the custom laws, and the same 
shall be forfeited, unless the claimant shall in any legal proceeding to enforce 
such forfeiture, other than a criminal prosecution, overcome the presumption of 
illegal importation and establish that the birds or articles seized, of like kind 
to those mentioned the importation of which is prohibited as above, were im- 
ported into the United States prior to October 3, 1913, or were plucked in the 
United States from birds lawfully therein. 
That whenever birds or plumage, the importation of which is prohibited by 
the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, are forfeited to the Government, 
the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to place the same with the 
departments or bureaus of the Federal or State Governments or societies or 
museums for exhibition or scientific or educational purposes, but not for sale or 
personal use; and in the event of such birds or plumage not being required 
or desired by either Federal or State Government or for educational purposes, 
they shall he destroyed. 
That nothing in this act shall be const rued to repeal the provisions of the 
ad of March h L913, chapter 145 <.">7 Statutes al Large, page S47). or the ad 
of July .*'». 1918 (40 Statutes at Large, page 755), or any other law of the 
United States, now of force, intended for the protection or preservation of birds 
within the United Stntes. That if on investigation by the collector before 
seizure, or before trial for forfeiture, or if at such trial if such seizure has 
