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74TH C ONGRESS . SESS . II. CH. 634. JUNE 20, 1936 . the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936, or on the day of the enactment of this Act, whichever date is later, so that it will read as follows Titl e modi fied . "An Act to give effect to the conventions between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds con- cluded at Washington August sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six- teen, and between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded at the city of Mexico February seventh, nineteen hundred and thirty six, and for other purposes ." plTermze "Convention" SEC. 2 . That said Act approved July 3, 1918, is hereby amended as of the day aforesaid by striking out the word "convention" wherever it o ccurs therein a nd by inserting in lieu there of the word "co an- ventions" . SEC. 3 . That section 2 of said Act approved July 3, 1918, is hereby amended as of the day aforesaid so as to read as follows : Cert ain pr ovisio ns of "SEC. 2 . That unless and except as permitted b regulations made Act to app ly to United
y Mexican States . as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful at any time, by any means or in any manner, to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, attempt to take, capture, or kill, possess, offer for sale, sell, offer to barter, barter, offer to purchase, purchase, deliver for shipment, ship, export, import, cause to be shipped, exported, or imported, deliver for transportation, transport or cause to be transported, carry or cause to be carried, or receive for shipment, transportation, carriage, or export, any migratory bird, or any part, nest, or egg of any such bird s, included in the terms of th e conventions between the Uni ted States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds con- cluded August 16, 1916, and the United States and the United Mexican State s for t he pro tectio n of mi grator y bird s and g ame mammals concluded February 7, 1936 ." SEC. 4. That section 4 of said Act approved July 3, 1918, is hereby amended as of the day aforesaid by adding at the end thereof the foll owing (tamemammals; and "It s hall be unlaw ful to import into the Un ited St ates f rom elation of im ports exports, United States Mexico, or to export from the United States to Mexico, any game and Mex ico . mammal, dead or alive, or parts or products thereof, except under permit or authorization of the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with such regulations as he shall prescribe having due regard to the laws of the United Mexican States relating to the exportation and importation of such mammals or parts or products thereof and the laws of the State, District, or Territory of the United States from or into which such mammals, parts, or products thereof, are proposed to be exported or imported, and the laws of the United States forbidding importation of certain live mammals injurious to the inte rests of agricu lture and horti culture, which regulations sh all become effective as provided in section 3 hereof ." Vol . 40, p. 756. SEC . 5 . That section 9 of said Act approved July 3, 1918, is hereby repealed as of the day aforesaid and the following is hereby substituted in lieu thereof Appropriations au- "SEC . 9 . That there is authorized to be appropriated, from time to tbori zed . time , out of any mo ney in the Trea sury not other wise appropriat ed, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and to accomplish the purposes of said conventions and this Act and regulations made pursuant thereto, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized out of such moneys to employ in the city of Washington and elsewhere such persons and means as he may deem necessary for such purpose and may cooperate with local authorities in the protection of migratory birds and make the necessary investigations connected there with ."
