Chapter 469. Authorizing the establishment of a migratory bird refuge in the Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, Kansas
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CHAP. 469.— An Act Authorizing the establishment of a migratory bird refuge in the Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, Kansas. June 12, 1930.[[S. 3950](/us/bill/71/s/3950).][[Public, No. 346](/us/pl/71/346).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge.Acquisition of designated lands in Kansas, authorized.of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or lease not to exceed twenty thousand acres of land in what is known as the Cheyenne Bottoms, in Barton County, Kansas, or, in lieu of purchase, to compensate any owner for any damage sustained by reason of submergence of his lands.
Sec. 2. That such lands, when acquired in accordance with the Maintenance of, as refuge, etc., for migratory birds.provisions of this Act, shall constitute the Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge, and shall be maintained as a refuge and breeding place for migratory birds included in the terms of the convention Vol. 39, p. 1702.between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916. Sec. 3. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of Sum authorized for acquiring.*Post*, pp. 871, 1266.any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum of $250,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to purchase or otherwise acquire the land described in section 1 of this Act.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of Agriculture may do all things and Secretary of Agriculture to carry out provisions.make all expenditures necessary to secure the safe title in the United States to the areas which may be acquired under this Act, including purchase of options when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Agriculture, and expenses incident to the location, examination, and survey of such areas and the acquisition of title thereto, but no payment shall be made for any such areas until the title thereto shall Title.be satisfactory to the Attorney General.
That the acquisition of such areas by the United States shall in no case be defeated because of rights of way, easements, and reservations which from their nature Rights of way, etc., not interferred with.will in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture in no manner interfere with the use of the areas so encumbered for the purpose of this Act. Sec. 5. Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, and 15 of the Migratory Bird Migratory Bird Conservation Act,Vol. 45, p. 1222.Conservation Act, approved February 18, 1929, are hereby made 580Provisions of, to govern.applicable for the purposes of this Act in the same manner and to the same extent as though they were enacted as a part of this Act.
Approved, June 12, 1930.