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 PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 29, 1949 4. Section 6.6 subsection (c) is amended to read as follows: (c) Possession. Within the maximum possession limits prescribed by § 6.4 migratory game birds lawfully taken within a State or Ante, p .1281. transported or imported in accordance with the provisions of para- graphs (a) or (b) of this section, may be possessed in any State, Dis- trict of Columbia, Alaska, or Puerto Rico during the open season where taken and for an additional 90 days next succeeding said open season. 5. Section 6.8 subsection (b) is amended to read as follows: (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 lawfully obtained live migratory waterfowl without a special permit; and public museums, zoological parks and societies, and public scientific and educational institutions may acquire by gift, loan or purchase and may possess, dispose of, and transport lawfully obtained migratory birds and their eggs, nests, or parts without obtaining a special permit. No such birds may be sold to, purchased from, or exchanged with any person not authorized pursuant to this section to sell, purchase, or exchange them. 6. Section 6.8 subsection (c) is amended to read as follows: (c) Special permits. Permits for the importation, taking, sale, purchase or other acquisition, and possession of live migratory birds and their eggs for propagating purposes; for the importation, taking, sale, purchase or other acquisition, and possession 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 by the Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington 25, D. C., upon such terms and conditions as are consistent with the protection of the species and the general purposes of §§ 6.1 to 6.12 which terms and conditions may include, among other things, the inspection of premises and records by authorized employees of the Department, the keeping of records and the making of reports. Importations from Mexico under this sub- section must be accompanied by a Mexican export permit. To insure the preservation of migratory birds, permits to take for scientific and propagating purposes may be denied or they may limit the number and species of such birds or their eggs to be taken there- under, the place where they may be taken, and the manner and means of taking. Migratory birds, their eggs, and nests may not be sold to, purchased from, or exchanged with any person not authorized by this section or by a permit issued under this subsection to make such sale, purchase, or exchange. No permit issued under this subsection shall authorize the taking, possession, sale, purchase, exchange, or transportation of migratory birds or their eggs or nests unless the permittee also possesses what- ever permit may be required for such action pursuant to the laws and regulations of the State, Territory, or District concerned. 7. Section 6.8 subsections (d) and (e) are redesignated as sub- sections (e) and (f), respectively, and a new subsection to be desig- nated as § 6.8 (d) is added to read as follows: (d) Transfer and revocation. No permit issued hereunder shall be transferable. The privilege granted by any permit shall terminate upon the expiration of the period named therein or any extension thereof, unless the permit is sooner terminated. 8. Section 6.8 subsection (e), as redesignated, is amended to read as follows: (3 STAT.] 1287

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