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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 
contrary 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 having 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 proration to migra- 
tory 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 and approval, pursuant to section three 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 ex- 
clusively 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, Territory, or District in which they are taken, captured, killed, 
possessed, sold, or purchased, or in or from which they are shipped or trans- 
ported 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 
agricultural appropriation Acts for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and 
seventeen and nineteen hundred and eighteen, for enforcing the provisions of 
the Acl approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, 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. 
Cor any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be In- 
valid, such 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 Acl are hereby repealed. 
