Opis: Migratory Bird Refuges and Public Shooting Grounds - Author Unknown

Excerpt from Migratory Bird Refuges and Public Shooting Grounds: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Sixty-Seventh Congress, Second Session, February 16 and 17, 1922

The committee met at 10 o'clock A. M., Ho. Gilbert Haugen (chairman), presiding.

There were present: Representatives Haugen (chairman), McLaughlin of Michigan, Voight, McLaughlin of Nebraska, Tincher, Williams, Sinclair, Clague, Clarke, Jacoway, Kincheloe, and Jones.

The committee then proceeded to the consideration of H. R. 5823, which is here printed in full as follows:

A Bill Providing the establishing shooting grounds for the public, for establishing game refuges and breeding grounds, for protecting migratory birds, and requiring a Federal license to hunt them.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this act shall be known by the short title of the "Federal public shooting ground and bird refuge act."

Sec. 2. That no person shall at any time hunt, pursue, shoot, capture, kill, or attempt to hunt, pursue, shoot, capture, or kill any migratory bird included in the terms of the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916, or collect the nest or egg of any such bird, without first having procured the license herein provided, and then only in accordance with the regulations adopted and approved pursuant to the provisions of the migratory bird treaty act, approved July 3, 1918. (40 Stat. L., p. 775.)

Sec. 3. That such licenses shall be issued and the fees therefor collected by the Post Office Department through the several postmasters of the United States. The Postmaster General and the Secretary of Agriculture are hereby authorized and directed to make, from time to time, rules and regulations prescribing the manner of issuing and acquiring such licenses.

Sec. 4. That all moneys received from the sale of such licenses shall be covered into the Treasury and shall constitute a special fund to be known as the "migratory bird protection fund," which is hereby reserved, set aside, appropriated, and made available until expanded as follows: Not less than 45 per centum thereof for the purchasing or rental of suitable land, waters, or lands and waters for use as public shooting grounds and migratory bird refuges, and for the administration, maintenance, and development of such public shooting grounds and refuges, and the construction of cabins and other necessary improvements; not less than 45 per cent thereof for such expenses as may be necessary for enforcing the provisions of the migratory bird treaty act, the Lacey act (secs. 241, 242, 243, and 244, Criminal Code), for cooperation with local authorities in the protection of migratory birds, for investigations and publications relating to North American birds, and for printing and engraving licenses, circulars, posters, and other necessary matter under this act; and not to exceed 10 per cent thereof shall be expended as follows: First, such sum as the Secretary of Agriculture and the Postmaster General may determine to be necessary for the issuance of licenses under this act, of which sum the Secretary of the Treasury shall be duly notified at the commencement of each fiscal year; second, any balance remaining in the repayment of the $50,000 as provided in section 14 of this act, and thereafter for any expense necessary to give effect to the provisions of this act.

Sec. 5. That each applicant for a license shall pay to the postmaster issuing the license the sum of $1, and each of such licenses shall expire and be void after the 30th day of June next succeeding its issuance.


Sec. 6. That no person shall alter, change, loan, or transfer to another any license issued to him in pursuance of this act, nor shall any person other that the one to whom it is issued use

Szczegóły: Migratory Bird Refuges and Public Shooting Grounds - Author Unknown

Nazwa: Migratory Bird Refuges and Public Shooting Grounds Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Sixty-Seventh Congress, Second Session, February 16 and 17, 1922 (Classic Reprint)
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