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# 16 U.S.C. § 760–7 - Establishment of fish hatchery in West Virginia

## Text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to establish, construct, equip, operate, and maintain a new fish hatchery in the State of West Virginia.

(Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 978, § 1, 70 Stat. 1057.)