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 310 Transmittal of pro- ceeds; deposit. Taking of specified game, etc., in specified areas. Accurate accounts of consignlents. Enforcement of shipment regulations. Institution of action for forfeiture. PUBLIC LAWS-OH. 183-JULY 1, 1943 [57 STAT. withholding of any compensation so authorized, each officer or person selling licenses or permits shall, as soon as practicable after the first day of each month, transmit the proceeds from such sales, together with a report thereof, to the executive officer who shall keep accurate records of such proceeds and promptly deposit 50 per centum thereof in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts, and transmit 50 per centum thereof to the treasurer of the Territory to be covered into the Territorial school fund. Receipts from all other sources shall be accounted for and disposed of in like manner. "SUBDIVISION L. TAGS AND SEALS. - The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to adopt tags or seals of an approved type or design to be used for marking seized articles, and beaver and marten skins, or the skins of other fur or game animals when required by the regulations of the Secretary to be tagged or sealed, for purposes of identification and authentication. "SUBDIVISION M. SPECIAL REGIuLATONs, PERMrrs, AND LICENSES.- In addition to the hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses or per- mits required by any other provision of this Act, or by regulations authorized to be issued thereunder, the Commission may from time to time prescribe regulations requiring residents, nonresidents, and aliens to obtain special licenses, upon the payment of fees fixed by such regulations, prior to the taking of specified game or fur animals in specified areas, and may by such regulations limit further the number, kind, and sex of such animals that may be taken in such areas, and also may restrict the number of persons who may hunt or trap in each such area. Whenever such additional restrictions are imposed by regulation, the executive officer shall issue to qualified applicants, upon receipt of the proper application and fee, the spe- cial licenses required by such regulations, in the number designated by the regulations and in the order of the receipt of applications. "SEC. 11. CO .LECTORS OF CUSTOMS, DUTIES OF.-T hat it shall be the duty of collectors of customs at ports of entry in the United States to keep accurate accounts of all consignments of game birds, game ani- mals, skins of fur animals, game fishes, or parts thereof, and nests or eggs of game birds, received from or returned to the Territory, except when shipped for scientific, propagation, exhibition, or educa- tional purposes under a permit issued by the Director pursuant to regulations of the Secretary; and it shall 'be the duty rf all collectors (,f customs to enforce the provisions of regulations adopted pursuant to this Act with respect to shipments of game birds, game animals, skins of fur animals, game fishes, or parts thereof, and nests or eggs of game birds. "SEC. 12 . BURDEN OF PRooF. - That the possession of any wild ani- mal. game fish. wild bird, or parts thereof. or any nest or egg of such bird, during the time when the taking of it is prohibited, shall, in any action in rem, constitute prima facie evidence that it was taken, pos- sessed, bought, sold. or transported in violation of the provisions of this Act, and the burden of proof shall be upon the possessor or claimant of it to overcome the presumption of illegal possession and to establish the fact that it was obtained and is possessed lawfully. "SEC. 13. UNITED STATES ATroRNEYs. DTrIES OF. -That it shall be the duty of the United States attorney for the division in which any wild animal, game fish, wild bird, or part thereof, or any nest or egg of such bird, has been seized because taken, transported, bought, sold, or possessed contrary to the provisions of this Act, or in which any gun. trap, net, fishing tackle. boat, dog, sled, aircraft, wagon, or other vehicle, or other paraphernalia has been seized because used in the unlawful taking of any wild animal, game fish, wild bird, or part

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