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 650 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 345, 346. 1924. Canada at the nearest point to the place of seizure or elsewhere as the officials of the United States seizing the same and the authorized officials of Canada may agree upon, and the witnesses and proof necessary to the rosecution of said persons and vessels of Canada shall be furnished with reasonable promptitude to the authorities mmm of élanadashaving jurisdiction thereo .E I b f _ em: nc. 9. mzmm AND FORI•`EITURE.·· very vesse, oat or cra theml$l$¥¤r1§IVash1ngton. N f th _ mm t ii in no. . simnms COMIHSSION mxmn··r1oN.— one 0 e in- H°},,‘§fg°m{)“'l;°2li¤“‘ hibitions contained in this Act shall apply to the International I rum, Fish Fisheries Commission when eriiwiaged in ani scientific investi ation. ¤1esCouimissim1. Sec. 11. APPROI’B.IATION.— ere is here y authorized to Inc up- MAQM °'“°“'“ propriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise upprodpriated, the sum of $15,000 for the fiscal year 1925 for the salaries an expenses of the International Fisheries Commission. mgmrm _Sec. 12. Dunauou or Ac·r.jThis Act shall take effect immediately and contmue in force until the termmation of the convention concluded by the United States and Great Britain on March_ 2, 590%, for the protection of the halibut fishery of the northern Pacific an. Approved, June 7, 1924. mg%i;§.1?c?6ué;An Act To establish the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life · Be it emwted the Semte and House of Re esen.tat' the il;i§;iil`§f§¤Sli>)¤i)<l United States of 5/merica in Otmgress assembled, 'llhat thigvggetgmay ° g ge cited as “The Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge ct. q.i‘,Z3T’° °° °° "°` Sec. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and djreeted L°°°°*°¤· to aequue by purchase, gift, or lease, such areas of land, or of land and water, situated between Rock Island, Illinois, and Wabasha, Minnesota, on either side of or upon islands in the Mississippi River which are subject to overiiow by such river and which are not used fqr ig§’,['1(§&\1.l.:'·l1I'Bl purposes, as he determines suitable for the purposes 0 t s c . ami me pm M Sno: 3. Any such area, when acquired in accordance with the grovisions of  Act, shall become a part of the Upger Mississippi Pumom 1ver Wild Life and Fish Refuge (hereinafter in t Act referred to)as the " xiefuge ")d bTheirefugp shall be established and maintained m aasareugean reein aceor to birds`]dd' $2§_3gif",`§T'{’§t’{2l’"°" the terms of the conventiongbliitween the   Statesuiiiinil Crea? other Hd Hm Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, mm mimjls, ,,0,Qm; 1916, and (b) to such extent as the Secreta of Agriculture may by are- regulations prescribe, as a ref e and bree lace for wil b'ds ame`lsfbpg `l fph other d ir, amma , ur- caring anima s, an or t c f of wilt? flowers and aquatic plants, and (c) to sucheextllldtuldg thi; Secretary_of Commerce may by regulations prescribe as a refuge Ama, 0, ,Bg,s,&_ and bi ceding place for Hsh and other aquatic animal life. tures. Sec. 4. (a) No such area shall be acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture until the legislature of each State in which is situated any part of the areas to be acquired under this Act has eensented to the acquisition of such part by the United States for the purposes