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55 STAT.] PROCLAMATIONS- et. 27, 1941 Oct. 1, 1941 NATIONAL CATAHOULA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PRESERVE LOUISIANA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it appears that the designation and setting aside of the areas in the State of Louisiana, hereinafter indicated, for the protection of game animals, birds and fish will promote the public good: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the power vested in me by the act of Congress approved August 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 446, 476; 16 U. S. C. 683), do proclaim that there are hereby designated and set aside for the protection of game animals, birds and fish, all lands of the United States within the Kisatchie National Forest in the State of Louisiana purchased under the pro- visions of the act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961; 16 U. S . C . 480, 500, 513-519, 521), and the acts supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof, as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof, to be known as the National Catahoula Wildlife Management Preserve. All persons are hereby informed that it is unlawful to hunt, catch, trap, willfully disturb, or kill any kind of game animal, game or non- game bird, or fish, or to take the eggs of any such bird, on any lands herein designated or in or on the waters thereof, except under such general rules and regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of Agriculture. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 27 t day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one [SEAL] hundred and sixty-sixth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. CLOSED AREA UNDER THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT OREGON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Secretary of the Interior has submitted to me for approval the following regulation adopted by him on September 17, 1941, under authority of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755, 16 U. S . C . 704), and Reorganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431): REGULATION DESIGNATING AS CLOSED AREA CERTAIN LANDS AND WATERS IN HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON By virtue of and pursuant to the authority contained in section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755, 16 U. S. C . 704), and Reorganization Plan No. II 1689 September 27, 1941 [No. 2515] Designation and set- ting aside of certain lands as National Cat- ahoula Wildlife Man- agement Preserve. Unlawful acts. October 1, 1941 [No. 25161 16U.S. . II 703- 711. 5U.8.C.I133t note.