Full Text of the Game, Fish and Fur Laws of Texas with citations of Park Laws, 1965 Page: 70
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applicant is a fit person to be entrusted with such a permit and
that they have known him for at least five years past, and the
applicant should further be supplied with a Federal scientific
collecting permit issued by the Bureau of Biological Survey
of the United States Department of Agriculture, permitting him
or her to collect migratory birds, and the serial number and
date of said Federal permit should be furnished by the appli-
cant on said affidavit, where request is made for the collecting
of birds and their nests or eggs. Such scientific collecting per-
mit as issued by the State of Texas will authorize the holder
thereof to take, possess, and transport, in any manner and at
any time, birds and their nests and eggs, for scientific purposes;
provided, that before migratory birds, or their nests or eggs,
are taken the Federal permit indicated above must be obtained.
Such scientific permit shall be issued for the fiscal year and shall
be null and void after midnight of December 31st of the year
issued.
If any person desires to bring into the State any wild birds or
wild animals, dead or alive, or the nests or eggs, of any bird,
he shall apply to the Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner, for
permission to do so, attaching to such application an affidavit
setting forth the number of species of birds or animals, or the
nests or eggs of birds, desired to be introduced.
The Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner may refuse to issue
permits for any of the purposes set forth in this article if,
in his judgment, such application, or party making same, is not
satisfactory.
The Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner is empowered to
prescribe rules and regulations governing the propagation of
game birds and animals, and the taking of birds and animals
for scientific purposes, and is authorized to cancel any permit
issued, when, in his judgment, the holder thereof fails or refuses
to comply with such rules and regulations.
In the shipment of skins of protected animals, or the skins
or nests or eggs of birds, each package shall have clearly and
conspicuously marked, on the outside thereof, the name and
address of the sender, the number of the sender's permit, and
the statement that it contains specimens of animals, or of birds
or their nests or eggs for scientific purposes. A person operating
under, or holding a permit for scientific collecting shall report,
on or before January 10th, following the expiration of his per-
mit, to the Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner, the number of
skins, nests or eggs of each species collected, or transported,
together with the disposition of all such specimens not in his
possession at the time of making said report, and also a state-
ment covering any scientific data observed during his field col-
lecting that, in his judgment, would be of interest to the orni-
thological or zoological public.
The Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner shall, at all times,
have the power to take in any manner, keep, and transport, any-
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Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department. Full Text of the Game, Fish and Fur Laws of Texas with citations of Park Laws, 1965, book, September 1, 1965; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth284662/m1/70/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.