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 AMENDMENTS OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO MIGRATORY BIRDS October 16,1941 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 2518] A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Secretary of the Interior, under authority and direc- tion of and in compliance with section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), as amended by the act of June 20, 16U.S.C. 704. 1936 (49 Stat. 1555), the administration of which act was transferred to the said Secretary on July 1, 1939 by Reorganization Plan No. II 5U..C. C 133t (53 Stat. 1431), has adopted and submitted to me the following amend- note. ments, which he has determined to be suitable amendments of certain 54 Stat. 2615; ante, of the regulations approved by Proclamation No. 2345 of August 11, P16.U:s.c.§704note. 1939, as last amended by Proclamation No. 2501 of August 16, 1941, permitting and governing the hunting, taking, capture, killing, pos- session, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exporta- tion, and importation of migratory birds and parts, nests, and eggs thereof, included in the terms of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds con- 398tat.1702. eluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory 50stat. 1311. birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936: "AMENDMENTS OF MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR Under authority and direction of section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), as amended by the act of 16 U.S .C .S704. June 20, 1936, 49 Stat. 1555, the administration of which act was transferred to the Secretary of the Interior on July 1, 1939, by Reor- 5U. s. . C 133t ganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431), 1, Harold L. Ickes, Secretary n ote. 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 39 Stat. 1702. 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, con- 0 Stat. 1311 . eluded February 7, 1936, have determined when, to what extent, and by what means it is compatible with the terms of said conventions and act to allow the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exportation, and impor- tation of such birds and parts thereof and their nests and eggs, and, in accordance with such determinations, do hereby amend, as specified, 54 Stat. 2615; ante, the regulations approved by Proclamation No. 2345 of August 11, 1939, l16u.s.c .§ 704note. as last amended by Proclamation No. 2501 of August 16, 1941, and as so amended do hereby adopt such regulations as suitable regula- tions permitting and governing the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, expor- tation, and importation of such migratory birds and parts, nests, and eggs thereof: Dailybag and pos- The fourth paragraph of Regulation 5, "Daily Bag and Possession session limits Ante, p. 166. Limits on Certain Migratory Game Birds", is amended to read as follows: In Siskiyou County, California, and Alexander County, Illinois, no person may take more than 3 geese in the aggregate of all kinds during any 7 consecutive days. In Hyde County, North Carolina, no person may take more than 6 geese in the aggregate of all kinds during any 7 consecutive days. 1692 PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 16, 1941 [55 STAT.

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