Volume 63
Public Law 81–445
To provide for the transfer of the vessel Black Mallard to the State of Louisiana for the use and benefit of the department of wildlife and fisheries of such State.
Approved August 16, 1949
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide for the transfer of the vessel Black Mallard to the State of Louisiana for the use and benefit of the department of wildlife and fisheries of such State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Louisiana.
Vessel Black Mallard.
of the Interior is authorized and directed to donate and convey to the State of Louisiana, for the use and benefit of the department of wildlife and fisheries of such State, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the vessel Black Mallard (formerly known as the Talvez) which was acquired by the United States by seizure under the National Prohibition Act. Such vessel has been on loan since
1931 (except for a period in World War II) from the United States to the department of wildlife and fisheries of the State of Louisiana for use as a biological research boat and has been extensively repaired and refitted at the expense of such State.
Approved August 16, 1949.