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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection

§ 677. Inclosure of Norbeck Wildlife Preserve

Statutory text

The State of South Dakota is authorized and permitted to erect and maintain a good substantial fence, inclosing in whole or in part Norbeck Wildlife Preserve. The State shall erect and maintain such gates in this fence as may be required by the authorized agents of the Federal Government in administering this wildlife preserve and the adjoining national forest lands, and may erect and maintain such additional inclosures as may be agreed upon with the Secretary of Agriculture. The right of the State to maintain this fence shall continue so long as Norbeck Wildlife Preserve is also given similar protection by the laws of the State of South Dakota.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 66–247 § 4 · 41 Stat. 986

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 677

    June 5, 1920, ch. 247, § 4, 41 Stat. 986

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 5, 1920, ch. 247, § 4, 41 Stat. 986

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. That the State of South Dakota is hereby authorized and Fencing, etc., by State. permitted to erect and maintain a good substantial fence, inclosing in whole or in part such areas as may be designated and set aside by the President under the authority of section 1. The State shall erect and maintain such gates in this fence as may be required by the authorized agents of the Federal Government in administering this game sanctuary and the adjoining national forest lands, and may erect and maintain such additional inclosures as may be agreed upon with the Secretary of Agriculture. The right of the State to maintain this fence Continuance. shall continue so long as the area designated by the President as a game sanctuary is also given similar protection by the laws of the State of South Dakota.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Custer State Park Game Sanctuary” changed to “Norbeck Wildlife Preserve” by act .

Credits

1920–1949 · 2 acts
  1. 1920June 5, 1920, ch. 247, § 4, 41 Stat. 986
  2. 1949Oct. 6, 1949, ch. 620, § 1, 63 Stat. 708.
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(June 5, 1920, ch. 247, § 4, 41 Stat. 986; Oct. 6, 1949, ch. 620, § 1, 63 Stat. 708.)

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