756 SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 128. 1918. killed, or taken, or from which it was shipped, transported, or carried. ,,°I:¤g’p*,fgg°}°C 'i°'*, It shall be unlawful to import any bird, or any part, nest, or egg mnwxui. ’ thereof, captured, killed, ta en, shkppxed, transported or carried contrary to the laws of any Province 0 the Dominion of éanada in which the same was capture , killed, or taken, or from which it was shipped, transported or carried. _ ,£i'§"‘¤.§',§‘,$’ ""'°’ '°' Sec. 5. That an employee of the Department of Agriculture authorized b the gcretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisions of this Act shall have power, wit out warrant, to arrest ang person committing a violation of this Act in his presence or view an to take such person immediately for examination or trial before an officer or court of competent jmisdiction; shall have power to execute any warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act; and I , M I, ofmm shall have authority, with a. search warrant, to search any place. ` The several judges of the courts estabhshed under the laws of the United States, and United States commissioners may, within their respective jurisdictions, upon proper oath or affirmation shows°i‘°‘°’“°‘ ing 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 aprovisions 0 this Act or of any regulations made pursuant thereto sh l, when found, be seized by any such employee, or by any marshal or deputy marshal, and, u on conviction of the offender or upon judgment of a. court of the [`f)nited`rS;a1tes that the same were captured, kgled, taken, shipppld, trans , carried, or possessed contr to A e provisions 0 t s
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the tates and dispose of as directed by the court having l russamssemvu-is cglcrlhlt · · an hi · 1 mu mc. . _ a any person, association, ners p, or co oration who shall violate any of the provisions of) said convention g of this Act, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any re lation made pursuant to this Act, shall be deemed ilty of a misgldmeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be finedgliiot more than $500 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. w1"&mg;°°f,{°“°” mc. 7. That nothing in Act shall be construed to prevent the hops. szaasons me no several States and_Temtor1es from making or enforcing laws or regulations not inconsistent 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 T section three of this Act. _ ..¤¤"§,*2§§.*€3,{§',,'¤°:.' Sec. 8. That until the adoption and approval, pursuant to section
three of this Act, of relgulations dealing with migratory birds and
their nests and eggs, suc migratory birds and their nests and eggs as are intended an used exclusivel for scientific or pro agatin purposes may be taken, captured, iilled, possessed, sold, purchased, shipped, and transported for such scientihc or prop ating p oses if and to the extent not in conflict with the laws o lie StatetuTperritorg, or District in which they are taken, captiued, killed, possessed, sol , or purchased, or in or from which they are shi ped or transported if the packaghes containing the dead be `es or the nests or eggs of such birds w en shipped and transdported shall be marked on the outside thereof so as accurately an clearg to show the name and Mmm mppmw address of the shipper and the contents of e package. nee. Sec. 9. That the unexpended balances of any sums appropriated $§}j§$;§{’,,__{S7·"5°‘ by the agricultural appropriation Acts for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and seventeen and nineteen hundred and eighteen, for enforcing the provisions of the Act approved March fourtli, nineteen
