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 PROCLAMATIONS REGULATIONS RELATING TO MIGRATORY BIRDS AND CERTAIN GAME MAMMALS 1 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Secretary of the Interior, under authority and direction of sections 3 and 4 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), as amended by the act of June 20, 1936, 49 Stat. 1555, the administration of which said act, as amended, was transferred to said Secretary on July 1, 1939, pursuant to the Reor- ganization Act of 1939 (Public No. 19-76th Congress), has adopted and submitted to me regulations which he has determined to be suitable regulations permitting and governing (1) the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exportation, and importation of migratory birds and parts, nests, and eggs thereof, included in the terms of the Convention be- tween the United States and Great Britain for the protection of mi- gratory birds concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936, and (2) the exportation and importation to and from Mexico of game mammals, parts and products thereof, included in the aforesaid Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States, which said regulations are as follows: MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR Under authority and direction of sections 3 and 4 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), as amended by the act of June 20, 1936, 49 Stat. 1555, the administration of which said act as amended was transferred to the Secretary of the Interior on July 1, 1939, pursuant to the Reorganization Act of 1939 (Public No. 19- 76th Congress), I, OSCAR L. CHAPMAN Acting, Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of migratory flight of migratory birds included in the terms of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals, concluded February 7, 1936, and having due regard to the laws of the I This Proclamation affects Parts 1 and 2 of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 2615 August 11, 1939 [No. 2345] Preamble. 16U.8 C.§j703- 711; Supp. V, §§ 703- 709a. 53 Stat. 561, 1434. 6 U. S. C., Supp. V, §j 133-133t. 39 Stat. 1702. 50 Stat. 1311. Migratory Bird Treaty Act Regula- tions. 16U.S.C.1703- 711; Supp. V, §I 703- 709a. 53 Stat. 561, 1434 . 5 U. S. C., Supp. V, §§ 133-133t. Post, pp. 2661, 2729. 39 Stat. 1702. 50 Stat. 1311. 193470--41-PT. I- -8

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