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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 71, 72. MARCH 16, 21, 1934 . 453 (b) As used in this Act (1) the term "migratory waterfowl" means the species enumerated in paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of article I of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916 ; (2) the term "State" includes the several States and Terri- tories of the United States and the District of Columbia ; and (3) the term "take" means pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, kill, or attempt to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill, Approved, March 16, 1934. [CHAPTER 72 .] AN ACT March 21, 1924. To provide for the appointment of a commission to establish the boundary line _-_ In.R .6228 .1	 between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia. [Public, No. 125 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to vi D` gi trictofColumbia- boundary li ne. determine the boundary line between the District of Co lumbia and Appointment of the State of Virginia, and to provide for settlement of claims to h m"soon to estab- the along or affected by said boundary line, the President of the United States is hereby requested to designate and appoint one commissioner, who is hereby directed, authorized, and empowered to act in conjunction with a like commissioner to be appointed pur- suant to an act of the Legislature of Virginia . The said two coin- Authority to fix line . missioners so appointed and a third person to be selected by them are hereb y constituted a commission for the purpo se of surveyin g and asc erta inin g th e bo unda ry l ine betw een the Dist rict of Colu mbia and the State of Virginia, and are hereby directed, authorized, and empowered to survey and fix said boundary line and to mark the said line when so determined by suitable monuments, acting within the limits of their authority and guided by the provisions herein set forth. The said commissioners so selected shall serve until the coin- Duration of com- pletion of their report or not later than March 1, 1935. mission. SEC. 2 . I n determining the location of said bound ary said com- Factors to be con- missioners shall take into consideration, amongst other things, the sidered. several decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States in rela- tion thereto, the findings and reports of the Maryland and Virginia Boundary Commission of 1877, the compact of 1785 between the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia, the claims of ownership of the United States and all private persons and cor- porations along the Virginia shore line, and the equitable and pre- scriptive rights, if any, of the United States and private claimants Private claimants. growing out of long, continued, and uninterrupted possession, and shall mark such line as they may recommend as the boundary line mMa ai moo f re com- and shall report their findings and recommendations to Congress Fi nd in gs ; r atification. and to the Legislature of Virginia for action to finally ratify and establish said boundary line. SEC. 3 . To provide for the settlement of titles to the property erty tit lesen t of prop - adjoining or affected by the determination of said boundary line, the said commissioners are further authorized and instructed to investi- gate all questions of title as between the United States and private citizens over such lands, all questions of equitable and prescriptive abQu stiopry pi~a and rights arising from long and continued possession and occupancy rights, etc. either on the part of the United States or private citizens, and all improvements of said lands either by the United States or private citizens made in good faith and upon belief of good title, and said commissioners shall report their findings and recommendations in this respect for the equitable settlement of all such disputed titles,