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PROCLAMATIONS-AUG. 11 , 1939 authorized by the State in which such permittee is operating. Every such permittee shall keep books and records correctly setting forth the name and address of each person delivering each migratory bird or nest or egg thereof to him, together with the name of each species, the date of delivery, the disposition of each such bird, nest, or egg and the date thereof, and such books and records shall be available for inspection at all reasonable hours on request of any authorized representative of the Department of the Interior. 5. No permit issued by the Secretary authorizes the taking, pos- session, sale, purchase, exchange, or transportation of any migratory bird or nest or egg thereof unless the permittee has in his possession while exercising any such privilege a valid, subsisting permit of equivalent tenor issued to him by the State in which he proposes to operate. No permit issued by the Secretary authorizes the trans- portation of any migratory bird, or part, nest, or egg thereof from Mexico into the United States unless such bird, or part, nest, or egg is accompanied by a Mexican export permit. Permits are not transferable and are revocable at any time in the discretion of the Secretary. A permit revoked by the Secretary shall be surrendered to him by the person to whom it was issued on demand of any em- ployee of the United States Department of the Interior authorized to enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Whenever requested by the Chief of the Bureau, the permittee shall submit to him such report of his operations under the permit as may be called for, and in any event shall file with the Secretary, on a form provided therefor, on or before January 10, a full report of his operations during the preceding calendar year. Failure to make the reports herein provided for will be cause for revocation of the permit. 6. Every package in which migratory birds or parts, nests, or eggs thereof are shipped wholly within a State or Territory or the Dis- trict of Columbia, or in which such birds, parts, nests, or eggs are transported by any means whatever from one State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, to, into, or through another State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or to a foreign country for scientific purposes shall be plainly and clearly marked, labeled, or tagged, on the outside thereof to show the name and address of the consignor and consignee, the contents of the package, the number of the permit under authority of which it is transported, and that the specimens contained therein are for scientific purposes. Regulation 10. -P ER MITS TO KILL MIGRATORY BIRDS INJURIOUS TO PROPERTY Community injury. -When information is furnished the Secretary that any species of migratory bird has become, under extraordinary conditions, seriously injurious to agriculture or other interests in any particular community, an investigation will be made to determine the nature and extent of the injury, whether the birds alleged to be doing the damage should be killed, and, if so, during what times and by what means. Upon his determination an appropriate order will be made. Specific injury. - Upon receipt by the Chief of the Bureau, or the regional director of the Bureau of Biological Survey in the region where the injury occurs, of information from the owner, tenant, or share cropper that migrator birds are injuring his crops or other property on the land on which he resides, together with a statement of the location of the land, the nature crops or property bein injured, the extent of such injury, and the particular species of birds commit- ting the injury, an investigation woll be made and if it is determined from such investigation that the injury complained of is substantial Books and records. State permits. Mexican export permits. Revoked permits. Reports. Penalty. Marking of pack- ages. Post, p . 27aa. Community injuryl Specific inury. 2625 54 STAT.]