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eggs of such birds on any lands of the United States which have 

 been set apart or reserved as breeding gi'ounds for birds by any law, 

 proclamation, or Executive order, except under such rules and regula- 

 tions as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. 



Act June 28, 1906, c. 3565, s. I, 34 Stat. ".30. 

 Violation; punishment. 



Sec. 2. That any person violating the provisions of this Act shall 

 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction in any 

 United States court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in a sum not 

 exceeding five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a period not 

 exceeding six months, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, in 

 the discretion of the court: Provided^ That the provisions of this 

 Act shall not apply to the Black Hills Forest Reservation, in South 

 Dakota. 



Act June 28. 1900, c. 35C5. s. 2, 34 Stat. .5.37. 



All of the provisions of this act, except the proviso annexed to section 

 2, are incoriwratetl in "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal 

 laws of the United States," act ^iarch 4. 1909, c. 321, s. 84. 



EXECUTIVE ORDER MARCH 14, 1903. 

 Pelican Island Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered that Pelican Island in Indian River in section 

 nine, township thirty-one south, range thirty-nine east. State of 

 Florida, be, and it is hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the 

 Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for 

 native birds. 



Theodore RoosE^'ELT. 



EXECUTIVE ORDER JANUARY 26, 1909. [No. 1014.] 

 Pelican Island Reservation for birds, enlarged. 



It is ordered that the Pelican Island Reservation, Florida, created 

 by Executive Order of March 13, 1903, for the protection of native 

 birds, be and the same is hereby enlarged so as to include all unre- 

 served mangrove and other islands situated within Sections nine and 

 ten, township thirty-one south, range thirty-nine east, of the Talla- 

 hassee Meridian, Florida, as segregated by the broken line shown 

 upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this order. It 

 is unlawful for- any person to hunt, trap, capture, wilfully disturb, 

 or kill any bird of any kind whatever, or take the eggs of such birds 

 within the limits of this reservation, except under such niles and 

 regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

 Warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit any of the 

 acts herein enumerated and which are prohibited by law. 



Theodore Roosevelt, 

 executive order october 4, 1904. 

 Breton Island Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered that Breton island, as shown by the General 

 Land Office map of the State of Louisiana of date 1896, in Town- 

 ship 18 South. Range 20 Fast, St. Helena Meridian, when same shall 

 be surveyed; and Old Harbor and Freemason islands, in Townships 

 14 and 15 South, Ranges 21 and 22 East, same Meridian, when sur- 



