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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 298-JUNE 28, 1944 503 plant resources, in connection therewith, and of means of securing a maximum sustained yield from such resources; and maintenance, repair, improvement, equipment, and operation of fishery-experiment and biological stations, $562,500. Fishery industries: For collection and compilation of fishery statis- tics and related information; conducting investigations and studies of methods and means of capture, preservation, utilization, and dis- tribution of fish and aquatic plants and products thereof; and enforc- ing the applicable provisions of the Act authorizing associations of producers of aquatic products (15 U. S . C. 521); including contract 48Stat. 1213 . stenographic reporting services, $317,540. Fishery market news service: For collecting, publishing, and distributing, by telegraph, mail, or otherwise, information on the fishery industry, market supply and demand, commercial movement, location, disposition, and market prices of fishery products, $99,260. Alaska fisheries: For protecting the seal, sea otter, and other fish- eries of Alaska, including the furnishing of food, fuel, clothing, and other necessities of life to the natives of the Pribilof Islands of Alaska; construction, improvement, repair, and alteration of buildings and roads, and subsistence of employees while on said islands; and contract stenographic reporting service, $536,000, of which $100,000 shall be available immediately. Enforcement of Black Bass and Whaling Treaty Acts: For enforce- ment of the Act of July 2,1930, and the Act of May 1, 1936 (16 U. S.C. 4 Stt-s. 851-856, 901-915), $13,850. Fur-resources investigations: For investigations, experiments, and demonstrations in connection with the production and utilization of animals the pelts of which are used commercially for fur, $126,150. Biological investigations: For biological investigations, including the relations, habits, geographic distribution, and migration of animals and plants, and the preparation of maps of the life zones, and includ- ing $38,500 for investigations of the relations of wild animal life to forests, under section 5 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (16 U. S. C. 46 sta t . 701. 581d); for investigations, experiments, and demonstrations, inde- biDsnage to opby pendently or in cooperation with other agencies or individuals, in developing and applying methods for the control of damage to agri- cultural and horticultural crops by birds, and for investigations of the Aladkf' r"eouro of wildlife resources of the Territory of Alaska, $193,715. Control of predatory animals and injurious rodents: For investi- gations and demonstrations in destroying animals injurious to agri- culture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, and wild game, and in protecting stock and other domestic animals through the suppres- sion of rabies and other diseases in predatory wild animals as author- ized by law (7 U. S . C . 426), and for repairs, additions, and installa- 7 US. C., upp. tions in and about the grounds and buildings of the game-management m,it -note. supply depot and laboratory at Pocatello, Idaho, including purchase, potandlboratory. transportation, and handling of supplies and materials for distri- bution from said depot to other projects, in accordance with the pro- visions of the Act approved June 24, 1936 (16 U. S. C. 667), $865,000. 49 tat .11 Protection of migratory birds: For the enforcement of the Migra- tory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, as amended, to carry into effect the treaty with Great Britain and the convention between the United States and the United Mexican States (16 U. S. C. 703-711); for 46 s^ta 7 ., Supp. cooperation with local authorities in the protection of migratory birds, m, i 7 note. including necessary investigations; for the enforcement of the Act for the protection of the bald eagle (16 U. S. C. 668c); for the enforce- 66 tS.c.
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ment of sections 241-244 of the Act approved March 4, 1909, as 66d. amended (18 U. S. C. 391-394), and for the enforcement of section 35stat. 1137. 1 of the Act approved May 25, 1900 (16 U. S. C . 701), including 31stat. 1 7 -.

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