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shall be forfeited to the United States and disposed of as directed by the 
court having jurisdiction. 
Sec. 6. That any person, association, partnership, or corxx>ration 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, tlieir nests, and eggs, if such laws or regulations do not 
extend the oi)en 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 and 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 
puri)oses 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, i>ossessed, 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 exijenses 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 i)erson who 
is subject to the draft for service in the Army or Navy shall be exempted or 
excused from such service by reason of hi^ 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, 
such judgment .^hall 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 under 
proper regulations for the purpose of increasing the food supply. 
Sec. 13. That this act shall become effective immediately upon its passage 
and approval. 
LACEY ACT, REGULATING INTERSTATE COMMERCE IN WILD 
ANIMALS * 
Federal laws affecting the shipment of wild animals comprise statutes regu- 
lating interstate commerce by common carrier in the dead bodies or parts 
thereof, and the importation of live birds and mammals from foreign countries, 
as follows : 
[Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure, Title 18. U. S. Code] 
Sec. 391. The importation into the United States, or any Territory or District 
thereof, of the mongoose, the su-calle<l " flying foxes," or fruit bats, the English 
*For sees. 2. 3. and 4 of the act of Mav 25. 1000 — 31 Stat. 187-18S — which was super- 
seded bv sees. 241-244 of the act of March 4. 1909—35 Stat. 1137— see sees. 391-394 of 
title 18, U. S. Code : for sec. 5 of the act of May 25, 1900, see sec. 395 of title 18 ; and 
for see. 1, see sec. 701 of title 16. 
