FISH AND GAME LAWS, 113 
THE LACEY ACT. 
United States Statute. 
Sections 241, 242, 243, and 244 of the Criminal 
Code of the United States (35 Stats., 1088) in 
effect J anuary 1, 1910, are as follows : 
Sec. 241. The importation into the United 
States, or any territory or district thereof, of the 
mongoose,, the so-called “flying-foxes” or fruit bats, 
the English sparrow, the starling, and such other- 
birds and animals as the Secretary of Agriculture 
may from time to time declare to be injurious to 
the interests of agriculture or horticulture, is 
hereby prohibited ; and all such birds and animals 
shall, upon arrival at any port of the United States, 
be destroyed or returned at the expense of the 
owner. No person, shall import into the United 
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States or into any territory or district thereof, any 
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foreign wild animal or bird, except under special 
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permit from the Secretary of Agriculture ; pro- 
vided, that nothing in this section shall restrict 
the importation of natural history specimens for 
museums or scientiflc collections, or of certain cage 
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birds, such as domesticated canaries, parrots, or 
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such other birds as the Secretary of Agriculture 
may designate. The Secretary of the Treasury is 
hereby authorized to make regulations for carrying 
into effect the provisions of this section. 
Sec. 242. It shall be unlawful for any person 
to deliver to any common carrier for transporta- 
tion, or for any common carrier to transport from 
nny state, territory, or district of the United 
States, to any other state, territory, or district 
thereof, any foreign animals or birds, the impor- 
