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 PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 29, 1948 [62 STAT. for Maryland, and for an additional 90 days immediately succeeding said open season. (d) Limitations upon transportationand importation. Nothing con- tained herein shall be construed as permitting transportation of migratory game birds, or parts thereof, from, to, or through any State, Alaska, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia, or to or through Canada, Mexico, or other foreign countries, contrary to the laws of the place in which taken or from, to, or through which trans- ported; nor shall any such birds be imported from Canada, Mexico, or other foreign countries, contrary to the laws of the place in which taken or from, to, or through which transported. § 1.7 Transportationof game mammals to and from Mexico-(a) To Mexico. Game mammals or parts or products thereof, taken in and transported from a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, may be transported to Mexico, if the importation thereof is not prohibited by law or regulation of that country, upon presentation to the collector of customs at the port of exit of the certificate of an official, warden, or other officer of the game department of such State, Territory, or District, that such game mammals, or parts or products thereof, which must be listed in the certificate, were taken or acquired and are being transported in compliance with the laws and regulations of such State, Territory, or District. (b) From Mexico. Game mammals, dead or alive, their parts or products, may be transported from Mexico into the United States if accompanied by a Mexican export permit, and if alive by such permit as may be required under regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury relating to transportation of wild animals and birds under humane and healthful conditions; provided, that their possession in any State or Territory or the District of Columbia will be subject to the laws of such State, Territory, or District. § 1.8 Propagating,scientific, and other permits-(a) General authori- zation. Any person, without a permit, may possess and transport for his own use legally acquired live migratory waterfowl and the plumage and skins of legally taken migratory game birds; and such person may possess, dispose of, and transport for the making of fishing flies, bed pillows, and mattresses, and for similar commercial uses, but not for millinery nor ornamental use, feathers of wild ducks and wild geese legally killed, or seized and condemned by Federal or State game authorities. (b) Special authorization. Imports from Mexico must be accom- panied by Mexican export permits, but otherwise state or municipal game farms or city parks may acquire, possess, dispose of and trans- port live migratory waterfowl without a special permit; and public museums, zoological parks and societies, and public scientific and educational institutions may acquire, possess, purchase, dispose of and transport migratory birds and their eggs, nests, or parts, without obtaining a special permit. (c) Special permits. Permits for the importation, taking, acquisi- tion, and possession of live migratory birds and their eggs for propa- gating purposes; for the importation, taking, acquisition, and posses- sion of migratory birds and their eggs, nests, or parts for scientific and other limited purposes; for the disposition and transportation of such birds, eggs, nests, parts, and their increase; and for the mounting or other preparation by a taxidermist of such birds, eggs, or nests, may be issued under the direction of the Secretary, upon such terms and conditions, including the keeping of records and the making of reports, as he may deem are necessary for the protection of the species and consistent with the general purposes of § § 1.1 to 1.12 of this sub- chapter. Importations from Mexico under this subsection must be accompanied by a Mexican export permit. 1544

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