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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 118, 128. 1918. 755 CHAP. 118.-Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for in- Juily 2,1918· meson at the United sam inuwy Academy at west rome, aureus comm, a citizen of Cuba. [rub. Res., No. as.; Resolved the Senate and House o Re esentatives of the United States Y Aviiyerica in Congress assemblgl, 'lzhrat the Secretag of War c¤ii>iiI°H° C°u”°’ °‘ be, an he is hereby, authorized to permit Mr. Aurelio ollazo, a P§§§'“"°d ‘° w°°° citizen of Cuba, to receive instruction at the United States Military {_’,{,¤g¤;¤¤- Academ at West Point: Provided, That no expense shall be caused c¤¤miii>1i°i°l' to the llrnited States thereby, and that the said Aurelio Collazo shall agree to comply with all regulations for the police and drsciphne of t e academy, to be studious, and to give his utmost efforts to accomplish the coiuse in the various de artments of instruction, and that the said Aurelio Collazo shall not [be admitted to the academy until he shall have passed the mental and physical examinations prescribed for candidates from the United States, and that he shall be immediatel withdrawn if deficient in studies or conduct and so recommended out ana senate. by és academic board: Provided further, That in the case of the said P_}§5f‘*“°"1“”°*‘32‘· Aurelio Collazo the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. Approved, July 2, 1918. wi  Ag:1'l‘o giitgxffect go the convelnggp betm;e%ne3hetUvn7ited States Jill l$.*i3gl8’ 8Il l’% H OI 8 I0 10D 0 H!1 CODC ll 8 D, _;— _°- August sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six l for other purposes. [P°w°' N°’ N'] Be it enacted by the Senate and H ouse qgepresewtatives géthe United States of America ·i·n.»O0ngress assembkd, at this Act sh be known T,°£§.{{‘,§f"’ Bhd by the short title of the "Migratory Bird Treaty Act." . Am ht, to mL Sec. 2. That unless and except as permitted by regulations made gmmryliuasmgewnreu as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to hunt take capture, kill, ‘“"“" “'· attempt to take, capture or kill, possess, 0Eer for sale, sell, offer to urchase, purchase, de 'ver for shipment, ship, cause to be shipped, deliver for transportation, transport, cause to be trans orted, carry or cause to be carried by any means whatever, receive for shipment, transportation or carri, or expo , at any time or in any manner, an ato bird, inhlilded in the terms of the convention betweenythe llnitgd v°l‘°°’P‘"°2` States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August sixteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, or any part, · nest, or egglpf any such bird. R M n t M Sec. 3. at subject to the provisions and in order to carry out ¤;aa°§°1€u$°wi¤;Z¤¤e the pu oses of the convention, the Secretary of Agriculture rs au- ""*°°°· thorizedhind directed, from time to time, having due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of migratory fliglht of such birds, to determine wb en, to what extent, if at all, and by w at means, it is compatible with the terms of the convention to allow hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, or export of any such bird, or any part, nest, or ‘ egg thereof, and to ado t suitable regulations permitting and governlllg the same, in accorefance with such determinations, which regula- ‘°°"'* ”‘ lm me tions shall become effective when a proved by the President. · BH I mtu! Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful) to ship, transport or carry, by a»s¢a¢e,ew.,nw»,p¤¤· any means whatever, from one State, Territory, or District to or h‘l’“°°‘ through another State, Territory, or District, or to or through a foreign countryh any bird, or any art, nest, or egg thereof, captnued, krlle, taken, s `pped, transported: or carried at any time contrary to the laws of the State, Territory, or District in whic it was captured,