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Effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 86-234-SEPT. 8, 1959

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SEC. 3. The Secretary of Labor is authorized to make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Act and the functions vested in him by this Act. SEC. ^4. This Act shall become effective as of July 1, 1959. Approved September 8, 1959. Public Law 86-234

September 8, 1959 [H. R. 2725]

H o r s e s and burros on public lands. Methods of hunting. 18 USC 41-46.

AN ACT To amend chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, so as to prohibit the use of aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or burros on land belonging to the United States, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) chapter 8 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 47. Use of aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or burros; pollution of watering holes " (a) Whoever uses an aircraft or a motor vehicle to hunt, for the purpose of capturing or killing, any wild unbranded horse, mare, colt, or burro running at large on any of the public land or ranges shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. "(b) Whoever pollutes or causes the pollution of any watering hole on any of the public land or ranges for the purpose of trapping, killing, wounding, or maiming any of the animals referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. " (c) As used in subsection (a) of this section— " (1) The term 'aircraft' means any contrivance used for flight in the air; and "(2) The term 'motor vehicle' includes an automobile, automobile truck, automobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled vehicle designed for running on land." (b) The analysis of such chapter 3, immediately preceding section 41, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "47. Use of aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or burros."

Approved September 8, 1959.

Public Law 86-235 AN ACT September 8, 1959

[H. R. 2886] Silk yarn.

46 Stat. 650. 19 USC 1001, par. 1202.

To suspend for three years the import duties on certain classifications of spun silk yarn.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That spun silk or schappe silk yarn, not dyed or colored, singles of more than 58,800 yards per pound, or plied of more than 29,400 yards per pound, provided for m paragraph 1202 of the Tariff Act of 1930, shall be admitted free of duty if entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, during the three-year period beginning on the sixtieth day after the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved September 8, 1959.

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