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Code · U.S. Code · Title 16 - CONSERVATION · CHAPTER 5— PROTECTION OF FUR SEALS AND OTHER FUR-BEARING ANIMALS · § 632 to 644

§ 632 to 644. Repealed. Feb. 26, 1944, ch. 65, § 18, 58 Stat. 104

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Feb. 26, 1944, ch. 65, § 18 , 58 Stat. 104 Section 632, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 1 , 37 Stat. 499 , prohibited killing seal or sea otter in certain waters of North Pacific. Section 633, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 2 , 37 Stat. 500 , forbade equipping vessels for pelagic sealing or sea-otter hunting and use of ports of United States by such vessels. Section 634, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 3 , 37 Stat. 500 , permitted natives to carry on pelagic fishing. Section 635, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 4 , 37 Stat. 500 , prohibited importing illegally taken skins, and forfeiture thereof.
Section 636, acts Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 5 , 37 Stat. 500 ; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1 , 37 Stat. 736 ; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e) eff. July 1, 1939 , 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433 , related to regulations made by President, and enforcement of law and regulations. Section 637, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 6 , 37 Stat. 501 , related to punishment for violation of law, and forfeitures. Section 638, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 7 , 37 Stat. 501 , related to presumption as to violations.
Section 639, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 8 , 37 Stat. 501 , related to venue of prosecutions. Section 640, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 9 , 37 Stat. 501 , related to guard or patrol of waters, and seizure and search of certain vessels. Section 641, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 10 , 37 Stat. 501 , related to seizure of vessels outside of jurisdiction of signatory powers, and procedure. Section 642, acts Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 11 , 37 Stat. 502 ; June 22, 1916, ch. 171 , 39 Stat. 236 ;
Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1 , 37 Stat. 736 ; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), eff. July 1, 1939 , 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433 , which related to delivery by, receipt and disposal of skins by the United States under convention of July 7, 1911 , and performance of articles thereunder. Section 643, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 12 , 37 Stat. 502 , related to definition of “Pelagic sealing”, and construction of “person”. Section 643a, act Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 373, § 13 , 37 Stat. 502 , related to continuance in force of sections 632–643.
Section 644, R.S. § 1956; acts Apr. 21, 1910, ch. 183, § 4 , 36 Stat. 327 ; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1 , 37 Stat. 736 ; Jan. 13, 1925, ch. 75 , §§ 2, 14, 43 Stat. 739 , 747; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), eff. July 1, 1939 , 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433 , forbade killing of certain fur-bearing animals in Alaska, punishment and forfeiture, power of Secretary of the Interior to authorize killing, and duty to execute law.
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§ 632 to 644
Repealed. Feb. 26, 1944, ch. 65, § 18, 58 Stat. 104
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