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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection

§ 690b. Consent of Utah to acquisition of lands for Bear River Refuge; approval of title to lands acquired

Statutory text

No such area shall be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior unless or until the Legislature of the State of Utah has consented to the acquisition of lands by the United States for use as a refuge for migratory wild fowl, and shall have provided for the use as a refuge for migratory wild fowl by the United States of any lands owned or controlled by the State in Bear River Bay, Utah, and vicinity, which the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary for such purpose, and which the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States; and, except in the case of a lease, no payments shall be made by the United States for any such area until title thereto is satisfactory to the Attorney General.

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. 70–413 § 3 · 45 Stat. 448

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 690b

    Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 3, 45 Stat. 449

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 3, 45 Stat. 449

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. That no such area shall be acquired by the Secretary of Assent of legislature required. Agriculture unless or until the Legislature of the State of Utah has consented to the acquisition of lands by the United States for use as a refuge for migratory wild fowl, and shall have provided for the use as a refuge for migratory wild fowl by the United States Acceptance of State lands. of any lands owned or controlled by the State in Bear River Bay, Utah, and vicinity, which the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary for such purpose, and which the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the United States; and, Title, etc., to be secured. except in the case of a lease, no payments shall be made by the United States for any such area until title thereto is satisfactory to the Attorney General.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.

Credits

1928–1939 · 2 acts
  1. 1928Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 3, 45 Stat. 449
  2. 19391939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. , 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.
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(Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 3, 45 Stat. 449; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. , 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

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