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September 30, 1918* 
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THE XILLIBO OP ClGBATOBY DOCKS WHICH HiYS BECAME SEBIOUSLY 
IHJUBI003 TO THE KICK CROPS IS CALlPOitKU. 
Icfopafction having been furnished the Secretary of Agriculture that 
migratory ducks have become, under extraordinary conditions, seriously In- 
jurious to the rice crops in California and an investigation having been 
made to determine the nature and extent of the injury complained of and 
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whether the oirds alleged to be doing the damage should be killed, and, if 
eo, during what times and by what means; and it having been determined by 
the Secretary of Agriculture that migratory duces have beoome, under extra- 
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ordinary conditions, seriously injurious to the rice crops in the oounties 
of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba in California and that the 
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migratory dueled doing the d&tn&go should bo killed by shooting: 
Slow, therefore, I, £• F» Houston, Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant 
to authority in me vested by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (Act of July 3, 
1918) and agreeably to regulations under said Aot promulgated July 31, 
1918, do hereby order that persons owning or leasing land in said oounties 
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of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba, in tba State of California, 
on which rice is being grown or being harvested, and the members of their 
imnediate f. milies and their employees may hill by shooting migratory ducks 
from 
30 to Ootober IS, inclusive, 1918, in the open fields o# rice 
on such lands so owned or leased, when suoh migratory ducks are committing or 
i are about to commit serious injury to the rloe and it is neoesssry to nil 
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