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AX ACT TO GIVE THE CONSENT OF THE STATE OF NORTH CARO- 

 LINA TO THE MAKING BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED 

 STATES, OR UNDER ITS AUTHORITY, OF ALL SUCH RULES AND 

 REGULATIONS AS IN THE OPINION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN- 

 MENT MAY BE NEEDFUL IN RESPECT TO GAME ANIMALS, GAME 

 AND NONGAME BIRDS. AND FISH ON LANDS. AND IN OR ON THE 

 WATERS THEREON. ACQUIRED OR TO BE ACQUIRED BY THE FED- 

 ERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH CARO- 

 LINA FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE NAVIGABILITY OF NAVI- 

 GABLE RIVERS.* 



Whereas the Governineut of the United States, with tlie consent of the Gen- 

 eral Assembly of the State of North Carolina, has acquired and will acquire 

 areas of forested land in the western part of said State for the purpose of 

 conserving the navigability of navigable streams, and said lands and waters 

 thereon are and will be stocked, naturally and artificially, with game animals, 

 game and nongame birds, and fish ; and whereas, in order adequately to enjoy 

 and protect the occupancy and use of said areas, it is important that the 

 United States be fully authorized to make all needful rules and regulations in 

 respect to such animals, birds, and fish : Therefore. 



The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: 



Section 1. That the consent of the General Assembly of North Carolina be 

 and hereby is given to the making by the Congress of the United States, or 

 under its authority, of all such rules and regulations as the Federal Govern- 

 ment shall determine to be needful in respect to game animals, game and non- 

 game birds, and fish, on such lands in the western part of North Carolina as 

 shall have been or may hereafter be purchased by the United States under 

 the terms of the act of Congress of March 1, 1911, entitled "An. act to enable 

 any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United 

 States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to ap- 

 point a commission for the acquisition of lands for the puriwses of conserving 

 the navigability of navigable rivers" (36 Ignited States Statutes at Large, 

 page 961), and acts of Congress supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, 

 and in or on the waters thereon. 



Ratified this the 9th day of March, A. D. 1915. 



The people of Xorth Carolina are coming to realize very acutely that 

 our wild life needs protection quite as much as any other of our natural 

 resources. The destruction of the food fishes of our streams bv unre- 

 strained and often unlawful fishing and by polluting the waters with 

 sawdust or mill waste has reached alarming proportions. And when 

 we come to think of it, what right has a man to deprive a neighborhood 

 of one of the most delicious and healthful of foods in order that he may 

 have 5 cents more per thousand feet of lumber on his sawing or a frac- 

 tion of a cent more profit on his investment in some large manufacturing 

 plant? The manufacturers of lumber, of leather, of paper, all do their 



►Chapter 205, PubUc Laws 1915. 



