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time to time, baring due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distri- 
bution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of 
migratory flight of such birds, lo determine when, to what extent, if at all, 
and by what means, it is compatible with the terms of the convention to allow 
hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, trans- 
portation, carriage, or export of any such bird, or any part, nest, or egg thereof, 
and to adopt suitable regulations permitting and governing the same, in 
accordance with such determinations, which regulations shall become effective 
when approved by the President. 
Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful to ship, transport, or carry, by any means 
whatever, from one State, Territory, or District to or through another State, 
Territory, or District, or to or through a foreign country, any bird, or any part, 
nest, or egg thereof, captured, killed, taken, shipped, transported, or carried at 
any time contrary to the laws of the State, Territory, or District in which it 
was captured, killed, or taken, or from which it was shipped, transported, or 
carried. It shall be unlawful to import any bird, or any part, nest, or egg 
thereof, captured, killed, taken, shipped, transported, or carried contrary to 
the laws of any Province of the Dominion of Canada in which the same was 
captured, killed, or taken, or from which it was shipped, transported, or carried. 
Sec. 5. That any employee of the Department of Agriculture authorized by 
the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisions of this act 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 before 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 judge3 
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 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 incon- 
sistent 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 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 
purposes if and to the extent not in conflict with the laws of the Slate, Terri- 
tory, or District in which they are taken, captured, killed, possessed, sold, or 
purchased, or in or from which they are snipped 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 11)17 and 1918, for enforcing 
the provisions of the act approved March 4, 1013, 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 provision* 
