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title: "16 U.S.C. § 760"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 760 - Establishment of rearing ponds and fish hatchery in Kentucky

## Text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, equip, maintain, and operate rearing ponds and a fish hatchery at a suitable location in Kentucky.

(July 18, 1950, ch. 465, § 1, 64 Stat. 343.)