Act Feb. 2. 1903; act Mar.

and in the case of prohibited animals and birds, entry for transportation under said act will be refused.

The "natural history specimens " referred to in section 2 cover animals, birds, and reptiles of any description. The word "animals" occurring in the act is held to include reptiles, and the word "birds" is held to include all warm-blooded vertebrates provided with wings. Parrots, as cage birds, include cockatoos, love birds, macaws, and parrakeets.

The "birds or bird plumage" mentioned in the concluding paragraph of section 5 of the act relate to artificial birds, or plumage manufactured from the feathers of the barnyard fowl which are known as hens, cocks, ducks, geese, peafowls, guinea fowls, and turkeys, and their young.

HAY AND STRAW FROM CONTINENTAL EUROPE.

Art. 385. Detention-Seizure-Report.-On account of 10, 1903, sec. 8. the danger to the live-stock industry of the United States through the introduction of foot-and-mouth disease by ineans of the contagion being carried upon straw and hay, the importation of straw or hay the product of any country of continental Europe or which has been transported through any of said countries is prohibited: Provided, That this order of the Secretary of Agriculture shall not be construed to forbid the loading upon any vessel carrying animals from said countries for importation into the United States of a sufficient quantity of hay and straw for food and bedding for such animals, said hay and straw being the product of a country not affected by this order.

Upon the importation of such articles from the country named, officers of the customs will withhold delivery to the consignees, and report the case at once to the nearest officer of the Bureau of Animal Industry for such disposition as may be deemed proper under the act of February 2, 1903, section 2 of which provides as follows:

That the Secretary of Agriculture shall have authority to make such regulations and take such measures as he may deem proper to prevent the introduction or dissemination of the contagion of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease of animals from a foreign country into the United States, * and to seize, quarantine, and dispose of any hay, straw, forage, or similar material, or any meats, hides, or other animal products coming

from an infected foreign country to the United States whenever in his judgment such action is advisable in order to guard against the introduction or spread of any contagion.

Officers of the customs will exercise the most careful supervision of importations of hay or straw from Continental Europe, and cooperate in every way with the officers of the Department of Agriculture and see to it that the purpose of the law be carried into effect.

mailed.

THE UNITED STATES TO FOREIGN COUN-
TRIES.

418. Evidence of intention-Invoice.
419. Form of entry.

420. Diversion and consolidation of

shipments-Bond.

421. Procedure.

422. Port of

exportation-Cancella

tion of charge against bond.

423. Disinfection of hides-Dead ani

mals.

424. Foreign destination not shown by papers.

MERCHANDISE

ARRIVING FROM A CON

TIGUOUS FOREIGN COUNTRY IN SEALED
CARS.

Transfer

Papers 425. Manifest.

407. Transfer ticket-Bad order.

426. Sealing of car-Disposition of manifests.

a For entries and withdrawals not involving transportation, see Chapters III

and VII.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Art. 386. Carriers-Application to bond.-The transportation of merchandise in bond from one collection district to another must be made by common carriers bonded for that purpose.

Common carriers desiring to transport merchandise in bond shall apply in writing to the Secretary of the Treasury through the collector of customs at the port where the bond will be filed. If the application is granted, a bond will be executed in duplicate on form No. 879 (furnished by Department) and transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury for approval. When approved, one copy of the bond will be returned to the collector for filing. To expedite the matter, bonds may be executed in anticipation of approval and transmitted with the applications. Any such bond may be discontinued at the pleasure of either party. (Chap. XVIII.) Art. 387. One bond to be filed.-One bond only shall be filed for the transportation of the several classes of merR. S., 3000, chandise in bond, in lieu of separate bonds for unap3006 act June praised and appraised and transit merchandise. The bond shall be in the sum of $100,000 and may be filed at any port of entry from which the principal shall transport any such merchandise to other ports.

T. D. 28355.

3001, 3005,

10, 1880, secs. 3. 5.

Art. 388. Means of transportation.-Railroad or steamship lines bonded as carriers shall transport the merchandise in suitable cars or vessels owned or controlled by the principal and running over such lines of railroad and water routes as may be necessary to reach the port of destination named in the entry and manifest in each case. Express companies shall carry the merchandise in suitable cars or vessels, iron safes, trunks of wood bound with iron, or pouches owned or controlled by said companies, running or carried over such lines of railroads and water routes as may be necessary to reach the port of destination named in the entry and manifest in each

case.

Art. 389. Cards on doors-Penalty for breaking seal.— Bonded carriers are required to furnish and attach to the T. D. 8896. side doors of cars and to the doors of compartments of vessels which are secured with customs seals or locks, near such seals or locks, a bright-red card 8 by 10 inches in size, on which shall be printed in large, clear, black letters the following: