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§§ 715/, 7I5m. Repealed. Pub. L. 89-669, § 7(d), Oct. 15, 

 1966, 80 Stat. 930. 



Sections, act Feb. 18. 1929, ch. 257, §§ 13, 14. 46 Stat. 

 1225, related to: execution of provisions, powers and 

 duties of United States Judges, commissioners and em- 

 ployees of Department of Interior; and penalty for vlola- 

 Clon of provisions, and are now covered by section 668dd(f ) 

 and (e) of this title, respectively. 



§715n. Word "take" defined. 



For the purposes of sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f 

 to 715k, and 7152 to 715r of this title the word "take" 

 shall be construed to mean pursue, hunt, shoot, cap- 

 ture, collect, kill, or attempt to pursue, hunt, shoot, 

 capture, collect, or kill, unless the context otherwise 

 requires. (Feb. 18. 1929. ch. 257, § 15, 45 Stat. 1225.) 



§ 7I5o. National forest and power sites; use for mi- 

 gratory bird reservations. 



Nothing In sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, 

 and 7152 to 715r of this title shall be construed as au- 

 thorizing or empowering the Migratory Bird Con- 

 servation Commission created by section 715a of this 

 title, the Secretary of the Interior, or any other 

 board, commission, or officer, to declare, withdraw, or 

 determine, except heretofore designated, any part of 

 any national forest or power site, a migratory bird 

 reservation under any of the provisions of sections 

 715 to 715d. 715e, 715f to 715k. and 715/ to 715r of this 

 title, except by and with the consent of the legisla- 

 ture of the State wherein such forest or power site Is 

 located. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257. § 16. 45 Stat. 1225; 

 1939 Reorg. Plan No. n. §4(f). eff. July 1, 1939, 4 

 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) 



§ 715p. Cooperation of State in enforcement of pro- 

 visions. 



When any State shall, by suitable legislation, make 

 provision adequately to enforce the provisions of 

 sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 715/ to 

 715r of this title and all regulations promulgated 

 thereunder, the Secretary of the Interior may so cer- 

 tify, and then and thereaf te' said State may cooper- 

 ate with the Secretary of the Interior In the enforce- 

 ment of such sections and the regulations there- 

 under. (Feb. 18, 1929. ch. 257. § 17. 45 Stet. 1225; 1939 

 Reorg. Plan No. n, §4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 

 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) 



§715q. Expenses of commission; appropriations. 



A sum sufficient to pay the necessary expenses of 

 the commission and its members, not to exceed 

 an annual expenditure of $7,500. is authorized to 

 be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury 

 not otherwise appropriated. Said appropriation 

 shall be paid out on the audit and order of the chair- 

 man of said commission, which audit and order shall 

 be conclusive and binding upon the General Account- 

 ing Office as to the correctness of the accounts of 

 said commission. (Feb. 18. 1929. ch. 257, § 18, 45 

 Stat. 1225; Oct. 15. 1962, Pub. L. 87-812, 76 Stat. 

 922.) 



Amendments 



1962 — Pub. L. 87-812 Increased the annual expenditures 

 from not more than $5,000 to not more than $7,500 and 

 corrected a misspelling of the word "commission". 



§715r. Partial invalidity; validity of remainder. 



If any provision of sections 715 to 715d. 715e, 715f 

 to 715k, and 715/ to 715q of this title or the applica- 

 tion thereof to any person or circumstance is held 

 invalid the validity of the remainder of such sec- 

 tions and of the application of such provision to 

 other persons and circumstances shall not be affected 

 thereby. (Feb. 18, 1929. ch. 257, § 19, 45 Stat. 1226.) 



§71.^>s. Participation of States in revenues from Na- 

 tional AVildlife Refuge System. 



(a) Separate fund in the United States Trea.sury; 



availab lity of fiincLs until expended; definition of 



"National WIdl.fe Refuge System". 

 Beginning with the next full fiscal year and for 

 each fiscal year thereafter, all revenues received by 

 the Secretary of the Interior from the sale or other 

 disposition of animals, timber, hay, grass, or other 

 products of the soil, minerals, shells, sand, or gravel, 

 from other privileges, or from leases for public ac- 

 commodations or facilities incidental to but not in 

 conflict with the basic purposes for which those 

 areas of the National Wildlife Refuge System were' 

 established, during each fiscal year in connection 

 with the operation and management of those areas 

 of the National Wildlife Refuge System that are 

 solely or primarily administered by him, through the 

 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall be' 

 covered into the United States Treasury and be 

 reserved In a separate fund for disposition as here- 

 after prescribed. Amounts in the fund shall remain 

 available until expended, and may be expended by 

 the Secretary without further appropriation in the 

 manner hereafter prescribed. The National Wild- 

 life Refuge System (hereafter referred to as the 

 "system") includes those lands and waters adminis- 

 tered by the Secretary as wildlife refuges, lands 

 acquired or reserved for the protection and conser- 

 vation of fish and wildlife that are listed pursuant 

 to section 1533 of this title as endangered species or 

 threatened species, wildlife ranges, game ranges, 

 wildlife management areas, and waterfowl produc- 

 tion areas established under any law, proclamation. 

 Executive, or public land order. 



(b) Deduction of expenses. 



The Secretary may pay from the fund any neces- 

 sary expenses incurred by him in connection with 

 the revenue-producing measures set forth in sub- 

 section (a) of this section. 



(c) Payments to counties. 



The Secretary, at the end of each fiscal year, shall 

 pay, out of the net receipts in the fund (after pay- 

 ment of necessary expenses) for such fiscal year, 

 which funds shall be expended solely for the benefit 

 of public schools and roads as follows: 



(1) to each county in which reserved public 

 lands in an area of the System are situated, an 

 amount equal to 25 per centum of the net receipts 

 collected by the Secretary from such reserved pub- 

 lic lands in that particular area of the System: 

 Provided, That when any such area is situated In 

 more than one county the distributive share to 

 each county from the aforesaid receipts shall be 



