United States, or any United States commissioner may, within his respective jurisdiction, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, issue warrants in all such cases.

(b) All birds or animals, or parts thereof, captured, injured, or killed, and all grass and other natural growths, and nests and eggs of birds removed contrary to the provisions of this Act or any regulation made pursuant thereto, shall, when found by such employee or by any marshal or deputy marshal, be summarily seized by him, and upon conviction of the offender or upon judgment of a court of the United States that the same were captured, killed, taken, or removed contrary to the provisions of said section or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, shall be forfeited to the United States and disposed of as directed by the court having jurisdiction. (Apr. 23, 1928, c. 413, § 6, 45 Stat. 449; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

EXPENDITURES BY SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR FOR CONSTRUCTION,

MAINTENANCE

SEC. 7. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make such expenditures for construction, equipment, maintenance, repairs, and improvements, including necessary investigations, and expenditures for personal services and office expenses at the seat of government and elsewhere, and to employ such means as may be necessary to execute the functions imposed upon him by this Act and as may be provided for by Congress from time to time. (Apr. 23, 1928, c. 413, § 7, 45 Stat. 449; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 8. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $350,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Act: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for the purchase of land, including improvements thereon.

VIOLATIONS OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS; PENALTIES

SEO. 9. Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of, or any regulation made pursuant to this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (Apr. 23, 1928, c. 413, § 9, 45 Stat. 450.)

"PERSON" DEFINED

SEC. 10. As used in this Act the term "person" includes an individual, partnership, association, or corporation. (Apr. 23, 1928, c. 413, § 10, 45 Stat. 450.)

HISTORICAL NOTE

Definition of "person". Definition of "person" in any Act of Congress, unless context indicates otherwise see section 1 of Title 1, General Provisions, U.S. Code.

(B) CHEYENNE BOTTOMS MIGRATORY BIRD REFUGE

Act of June 12, 1930 (46 Stat. 579), as amended (16 U.S.C. 691-691d)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sec. 1. Location; acquisition of land.

Sec. 2. Establishment; purpose.

Sec. 3. Appropriation authorization.

Sec. 4. Acquisition of areas; title, rights-of-way, easements, and reservations. Sec. 5. Application of certain statutes.

LOCATION; ACQUISITION OF LAND

SECTION 1. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or lease not to exceed twenty thousand acres of land in what is known as the Cheyenne Bottoms, in Barton County, Kansas, or, in lieu of purchase, to compensate any owner for any damage sustained by reason of submergence of his lands. (June 12, 1930, c. 469, § 1, 46 Stat. 579; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE

SEC. 2. Such lands, when acquired in accordance with the provisions of this Act, shall constitute the Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge, and shall be maintained as a refuge and breeding place for migratory birds included in the terms of the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916. (June 12, 1930, c. 469, § 2, 46 Stat. 579.)

APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 3. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum of $250,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to purchase or otherwise acquire the land described in section 1 of this Act.

ACQUISITION OF AREAS; TITLE; RIGHTS-OF-WAY, EASEMENTS, AND

RESERVATIONS

SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior may do all things and make all expenditures necessary to secure the safe title in the United States to the areas which may be acquired under this Act, including purchase of options when deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior, and expenses incident to the location, examination, and survey of such areas and the acquisition of title thereto, but no payment shall be made for any such areas until the title thereto shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General. That the acquisition of such areas by the United States shall in no case be defeated because of rights-of

way, easements, and reservations which from their nature will in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior in no manner interfere with the use of the areas so encumbered for the purpose of this Act (June 12, 1930, c. 469, § 4, 46 Stat. 579; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

APPLICATION OF CERTAIN STATUTES

SEC. 5. Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, and 15 of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, approved February 18, 1929, are hereby made applicable for the purposes of this Act in the same manner and to the same extent as though they were enacted as a part of this Act.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Surveys and title investigations were made by the Bureau of Biological Survey under this authorization but no lands were acquired. Subsequent to the Act, the State of Kansas acquired 19,554 acres of the area as a Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration project.

(c) CRAB ORCHARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Act of August 5, 1947 (61 Stat. 770)

TRANSFER OF LANDS TO SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND USE CONSISTENT WITH NEEDS OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, RECREATION, AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

SECTION 1. In order to promote the orderly development and use of the lands and interests therein acquired by the United States in connection with the Crab Orchard Creek project and the Illinois Ordnance Plant in Williamson, Jackson, and Union Counties, Illinois, consistent with the needs of agriculture, industry, recreation, and wildlife conservation, all of the interests of the United States in and to such lands are hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Interior for administration, development, and disposition, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

CLASSIFICATION OF LANDS; COOPERATION; ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 2. All of the lands transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the provisions of this Act, first shall be classified by him with a view to determining, in cooperation with Federal, State, and public or private agencies and organizations, the most beneficial use that may be made thereof to carry out the purposes of this Act, including the development of wildlife conservation, agricultural, recreational, industrial, and related purposes. Such lands as have been or may hereafter be determined to be chiefly valuable for industrial purposes shall be leased for such purposes at such times and under such terms and conditions as are consistent with the general purposes of section 2 of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, and with the purposes of this Act. Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Act, all lands herein transferred shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Fish and Wildlife Service in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 14, 1946 (Public Law 732, Seventy-ninth Congress), and Acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof for the conservation of wildlife, and for the development of the agricultural, recreational, industrial, and related purposes specified in this Act: Provided, That no jurisdiction shall be exercised by the Secretary of the Interior over that portion of such lands and the improvements thereon which are now utilized by the War Department directly or indirectly until such time as it is determined by the Secretary of War that utilization of such portions of such lands and the improvements thereon directly or indirectly by the War Department is no longer required: Provided further, That, subsequent to the determination referred to in the preceding proviso, the lands and improvements mentioned therein shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, and any lease or other disposition thereof shall be made subject to such terms, conditions, restrictions, and reservations imposed by the Secretary of War as will, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be adequate to assure the continued availability for war production purposes of such lands and improvements.

(d) CHINCOTEAGUE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Act of June 17, 1957 (71 Stat. 175)

EASEMENTS RE CONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT OF RECREATION

In order to permit the controlled development of a portion of the seashore of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia, for recreational purposes, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to grant to the appropriate agency or agencies of the State of Virginia such easements and rights as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of a bridge across Assateague Channel and terminating on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, and also for the construction and maintenance of an access road from the terminus of such bridge to a public beach and recreation area to be developed along the southeastern shore of Assateague Island as designated by the Secretary. The grant of such easements and other rights may be without consideration but shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate for the adequate protection of the wildlife refuge and other interests of the United States. The Secretary of the Interior also is authorized to enter into such agreements with State, county, or municipal agencies as he may deem necessary for the construction, maintenance, and operation by such agencies of a public beach, concession, parking areas, and other related public conveniences, which agreements also may be granted without consideration but shall contain appropriate conditions regarding the making of reasonable charges for use of the facilities by the public, taking into consideration the costs of construction, maintenance, and operation of such facilities and shall provide that all such facilities will become the property of the United States upon termination of the agreements.

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