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live agreements, and do any and all things neces- 

 sary to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter 

 and to insure the objects of such grazing districts, 

 namely, to regulate their occupancy and use, to pre- 

 serve the land and its resources from destruction or 

 unnecessary injury, to provide for the orderly use. 

 Improvement, and development of the range; and 

 the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to con- 

 tinue the study of erosion and flood control and to 

 perform such work as may be necessary amply to 

 protect and rehabilitate the areas subject to the 

 provisions of this subchapter, through such funds as 

 may be made available for that purpose, and any 

 willful violation of the provisions of this subchapter 

 or of such rules and regulations thereunder after 

 actual notice thereof shall be punishable by a fine 

 of not more than $500. (June 28, 1934, oh. 865. § 2. 

 48 Stat. 1270.) 



retary of the Interior shall also be empowered to 

 accept contributions toward the administration, pro- 

 tection, and improvement of lands within or with- 

 out the exterior boundaries of a grazing district, 

 moneys, so received to be covered into the Treasury 

 as a special fund, which is appropriated and made 

 available until expended, as the Secretary of the 

 Interior may direct, for payment of expenses inci- 

 dent to said administration, protection, and im- 

 provement, and for refunds to depositors of amounts 

 contributed by them in excess of their share of the 

 cost. (June 28. 1934, ch. 865. §9. 48 Stat. 1273; 

 June 19. 1948. ch 548. § 2. 62 Stat 533.) 



AMENBMEffTS 



1948— Act June 19. 1948 substituted "lands within or 

 without the external boundaries of a grazing district" 

 for the "district" In the third sentence. In order to permit 

 acceptance of lands without boundaries of grazing district. 



§ 315h. Cooperation with associations, land officials, 

 and agencies engaged in conservation or propaga- 

 tion of wildlife; local hearings on appeals: ac- 

 ceptance and use of contributions. 



The Secretary of the Interior shall provide, by 

 suitable rules and regulations, for cooperation with 

 local associations of stockmen. State land ofUcials, 

 and official State agencies engaged in conservation or 

 propagation of wildlife interested in the use of the 

 grazing districts. The Secretary of the Interior shall 

 provide by appropriate rules and regulations for local 

 hearings on appeals from the decisions of the ad- 

 ministrative offlccr in charge in a manner similar 

 to the procedure in the land department. The Sec- 



§315n. Slate police power not abridged. 



Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as 

 restricting the respective States from enforcing any 

 and all statutes enacted for police regulation, nor 

 shall the police power of the respective States be. by 

 this subchapter, impaired or restricted, and all laws 

 heretofore enacted by the respective States or any 

 thereof, or that may hereafter be enacted as regards 

 public health or public welfare, shall at all times be 

 in full force and effect: Provided, however. That 

 nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting 

 or restricting the power and authority of the United 

 States. (June 28. 1934. ch. 865. § 16. 48 Stat. 1275.) 



29. Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge 



16 U.S.C. 721-731 



Sec. 



721. Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge: 



short title; person defined. 



722. Same; acquisition of lands and water for. 



723. Same; purposes of refuge; regulations by Secretary 



of the Interior. 



724. Same; consent of States to acquisition; existing 



rights-of-way, easements, and so forth. 



725. Same; regulations, and so forth, by Secretary of 



the Interior. 



726. Same; acts prohibited In refuge; commercial fishing. 



727. Same; powers of employees of Department of the 



Interior; searches and seizures. 

 728 Same; expenditures. 



729. Same; price per acre. 



730. Same; violations of law or regulations; punishment 

 731 Same; effect on other laws. 



§721. Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish 

 Refuge; short title: person defined. 



This chapter may be cited as "The Upper Mis- 

 sissippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act." The 

 term "person" as used therein includes an individual, 

 partnership, association, or corporation. (June 7, 

 1924. ch. 346. §§ 1, 12. 43 Stat. 650. 652.) 



§722. Same: acquisition of lands and water for. 



The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to ac- 

 quire, by purchase, gift, or lease, such areas of land, 

 or of land and water, situated between Rock Island. 



Illinois, and Wabasha. Minnesota, on either side of 

 or upon islands in the Mississippi River which are 

 not used for agricultural purposes, as he determines 

 suitable for the purposes of this chapter, and any 

 such area when acquired shall become a part of the 

 Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge 

 (referred to in this chapter as the "refuge") . (June 

 7. 1924. ch. 346. §§ 2. 3. 43 Stat. 650; June 18. 1934. 

 ch. 602, 48 Stat. 1015; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. IL § 4 

 (f). eff, July 1. 1939. 4 F, R. 2731. 53 Stat, 1433.) 



§723. Same: purposes of refuge, regulalion.i by Sec- 

 retary of the Interior. 



The refuge shall be established and maintained (a* 

 as a refuge and breeding place for mlgra;:ory birds In- 

 cluded In the terms of the convention between the 

 United States and Great Britain for the protection of 

 migratory birds, concluded Au'jui.t 16. 1916. and (b) 

 to such extent as the Secretary of the Interior may 

 by regulations prescribe, as a refuge and brecdlni; 

 place for other wild birds, game animals, fur-bcar- 

 Ing animals, and for the conservation of wild flow- 

 ers and aquatic plants, and (c) to such extent as the 

 Secretary of the Interior may by regulations pre- 

 -scrlbe as a refuge and breeding place for fish and 

 other aquatic animal life. (June 7. 1924. ch. 346. 



