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title: "16 U.S.C. § 759"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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section: "759"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 759"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 759 - Omitted

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section, act Aug. 18, 1949, ch. 478, § 2, 63 Stat. 616, authorized Secretary of the Interior through the Fish and Wildlife Service to undertake an Atlantic Coast shad study, prescribed a $75,000 per annum cost limitation for a six year period, and authorized transfer to such Service from Federal agencies or corporations surplus boats or equipment for conduct of the studies. Section 4 of act Aug. 18, 1949 authorized appropriations for carrying out the purposes of act Aug. 18, 1949.