The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
SEN. M'LEAN'S 1. BIRD BILL GETS
 COMMITTEE 0. K.
Reported Favorably to Sen ate and Recommended
 for Early Passage

S4VO CI4OCL IO lHc COHVGHIlOu Uc- tween the Unite, States and Great Britain for the protection of migra- tory birds concluded at Washington August 16, 1916, and for other pur- poses, Senator Mclean has introAuced in the senate bill, and the Judiciary committee, to whicl it was referred, recommends it's passage at an early date.'' The committee also directs attention to the fact that the senate in 1913 adopted resolution request ing the president to negotiate treaties with foreign nations for the protec- tion of migratory birds, and that the treaty with Great Britain was secured in direct response this resolution.' Senator McLean's bill:
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as- sembled,
 That this act shall be known by the short title of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act"
 Section 2. That unless and except as hereinafter provided, i. shall be un- lawful to hunt, take, capture, kill, attempt to take, capture or kill pos- sess, offer for sale, sell, offer to p1r- chase, purchase, deliver for shipment, ship, cause to be shipped, deliver for transportation transport, cause to be transported, carry or cause to be car ried by any means whatever, receive for shipment, transportation or car-s riage, or export, at any time or. in any manner, any migratory bird, included in the terms of the convention be- tween the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migra- tory birds concluded August sixteenth nineteen hundred and sixteen, or any part, nest, or egg of any such bird. Section 3. That subject to the pro- visions and in order to carry out the purposes of the convention, the sec retary of agriculture is authorized and directed. from time to tice, having due regard to the zones of tempera- ture and to the distribution. abun- dance, economic value, breeding hab- it's, and times and lines of migratory flight of such birds to 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 transporta- ton carriage or export of any such bird or any part, nest, or egg there of, and to adopt suitable regulations permitting and governing the same, in accordance with such determinations, which regulations shall become effec- tive when approved by the president. Section 4. That it shall be unlaw- full to ship, transport, or carry, by any means whatever from one state, terri. tory or district to or through anoth-
 CT state, territory, or district. or to
 or through a foreign country, any bird, or any part, nest, or egg there
 of captured, killed, taken. shipped,
 transported 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 inn
 port any bird. or any part, nest, or egg thereof, captured, killed, taken, shipped transported or carried con-
 trary to the laws of any province of the Dominion of Canada killed. or ta-
 ken, or from which 1t was shipped,
 transported, or carried.
 Section 5. That employees of the
 department of agriculture authorized
 by the secretary of agriculture to en-
 force the provisions of this act shall,
 powers as are conferred by law on
 with respect thereto, have the same
 narshals with respect to executing
 the laws of the United States. Any
 such employees shall have authority,
 without warrant, to search any place
 other than a dwelling, and with war
 rant, to search any dwelling, if he
 shall have reason to suspect that there l
 is concealed therein any bird, or any
 part, nest, or egg thereof, which has
 been captured, killed, taken, shipped, | transported or carried, or which is | possessed, contrary to the provisions | of this act or of any regulation made | pursuant thereto. The several judg-
 es 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 l
 probable cause, issue warrants in all | such cases. All birds, or parts, nests |
 or eggs thereof, captured, killed, ta-
 ken, 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 | lus upon conviction of the offender or up-
 on Judgment of a court of the United | States that the same were captured, 1 killed. taken, shipped, transported, 1
 carried, or. possessed contrary to the | provisions of this act or of any regula-
 tions made pursuant thereto shall, l
 when found, be seized by any such em- ployee, or by any marshal or deputy | marshal, and, upon conviction of the l offender or upon Judgment of a court 1 of the United States that the same 1 were captured, killed. taken, shipped, 1 transported, carried, or possessed con- trary to the provisions of this act or | any regulation made pursuant thereto, shall be forfeited to the United States | and disposed of as directed by the | court having Jurisdiction
 Section 6. That any person, asso- ciation. partnership, or corporation 1 who shall violate any of the provis- 1 ions of said convention or of this act | or who shall violate or fail to com ply with any regulation made pursu- ant to this act, shall be deemed gull ty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction thereof shall be fined not more | than $500 or be imprisoned not more | than six months or both.
 Section z. That nothing in this act | shall be construed to prevent the sev- eral states and territories from ma king or enforcing laws or regulations l not inconsistent with the provfsions of l