Federal Protection of Migratory Birds1918 - 16 pages |
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Page 8 - ... (except the black-bellied and golden plovers, Wilson snipe or jacksnipe, woodcock, and the greater and lesser yellowlegs); bobolinks, catbirds, chickadees, cuckoos, flickers, flycatchers, grosbeaks, hummingbirds, kinglets, martins, meadowlarks, nighthawks or bull-bats, nuthatches, orioles, robins, shrikes, swallows, swifts...
Page 12 - Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, as amended by the Act of June 20, 1936 (16 U.'SC 703-711), to carry into effect the treaty with Great Britain for the protection of birds migrating between the United States and Canada (39 Stat., pt.
Page 6 - From the time of its introduction, however, the subject was kept before Congress in one form or another almost continuously until the enactment of the migratory-bird law of 1913. This Federal statute merely conferred on the United States Department of Agriculture the power to fix closed seasons during which it would be unlawful to capture or kill migratory birds. For this reason, it proved very imperfect and quite incapable of effective enforcement, but it exerted a wonderful influence upon the public...
Page 8 - July 3, 1918, entitled an act to give effect to the convention, prohibited the killing, capturing or selling any of the migratory birds included in the terms of the treaty except as permitted by regulations compatible with those terms, to be made by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Page 9 - all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 12 - The open seasons for waterfowl (except wood duck, eider ducks, and swans), coot, gallinules, and Wilson snipe or jacksnipe shall be as follows : In Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York (except...
Page 7 - THE MIGRATORY-BIRD TREATY. When the migratory-bird law was passed, sportsmen and conservationists had' in mind the enactment not only of a more comprehensive Federal statute but of uniform international legislation, such legislation as would insure adequate protection to birds on their breeding grounds and in their winter homes. To this end the United States Senate in 1913 adopted a resolution memorializing the President to negotiate treaties with other countries for the protection of migratory birds....
Page 8 - States did likewise by passing the Migratory-Bird Treaty Act which was approved by the President July 3, 1918; and it has been well said that "the enactment of this legislation rounded out the most comprehensive and adequate scheme for the protection of birds ever put into effect." Under this Act it is unlawful to hunt, capture, kill, possess, sell, purchase, ship or transport at any time or by any means any migratory bird included in the terms of the treaty except as permitted by regulations which...
Page 8 - Canada passed the migratory-birds' convention act, which became a law on August 29, 1917; and the Congress of the United States passed the migratory-bird treaty act, approved by the President on July 3, 1918. The enactment of this legislation rounded out the most comprehensive and adequate scheme for the protection of birds ever put into effect. Under the migratory-bird treaty act, it is unlawful to hunt, capture, kill, possess, sell, purchase, ship, or transport at any time or by any means any migratory...
Page 10 - ... nonmigratory — out of a State by any means whatever contrary to the laws of the State in which the birds were killed or from which they were carried or shipped. The provisions of the Lacey Act relating to the delivery to a common carrier for transportation of foreign animals and birds, the interstate shipment of wild animals and parts thereof, and the penalty for knowingly receiving illegal...