Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 57 Part 1.djvu/319

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PUBLIC LAWS-OH. 183-JULY 1, 1943 Regulations for tak- ing game, etc. Firearms, aircraft, and boats. Sales. Use for food during closed season. 40 Stat. 755. 161'. S. (' . § 703 711; S. 1 Ip,§1, 704 note. foot. 1p). 743 , 753. Destruction of U. S. property, etc. Licenses and per- mits. Ante, p. 33 and amount thereof, which record shall at all times be open to inspec- tion by any wildlife agent or other officer authorized to enforce this Act, and he shall transmit such information monthly to the Commission. "SEc. 9. REGULATIONS. -T hat the Secretary, upon consultation with or recommendation from the Commission, is hereby authorized and directed from time to time to determine when, to what extent, if at all, and by what means game animals, fur animals, game birds, nongame birds, and nests or eggs of birds, and game fishes may be taken, possessed, transported, bought, or sold, and to adopt suit- able regulations permitting and governing the same in accordance with such determinations, which regulations shall become effective on the date specified therein; but no such regulations shall permit any person to take any female yearling or calf moose, any fawn deer, or any female or lamb mountain sheep except under permit for scientific, propagation, exhibition, or educational purposes; or to use any dog in taking game animals; or to sell the heads, hides, or horns of any game animals, except the hides of moose, caribou, deer, and mountain goat, or skins of black bear, which the regula- tions may permit to be sold under such restrictions as said Secre- tary may deem to be appropriate; or to use any shotgun larger than a number 10 gage; or to use any aircraft, or steam or power launch, or any boat other than one propelled by paddle, oars, or pole, in taking game animals or game birds; or to sell any game animals, game birds, or parts thereof to the owner, master, or employee of any coastal or river steamer or commercial power or sailboat, or to procure for serving or to serve any such game animals, game birds, or parts thereof in any cannery or to the employees on any such steamer or boat; nor, except as herein provided, shall prohibit any Indian or Eskimo, prospector, or traveler to take animals, birds, or game fishes during the closed season when he is in need of food and other sufficient food is not available, but the shipment or sale of any animals, birds, or game fishes, or parts thereof so taken shall not be permitted, except that the hides of animals so taken may be sold within the Territory, but said Secretary by regulation may prohibit such native Indians or Eskimos, prospectors, or travelers from taking any species of animals, birds, or game fishes for food during the closed season in any section of the Territory within which he shall determine that the supply of such species of animals, birds, or game fishes is in danger of extermination; nor shall any such regulation contravene any of the provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and regu- hlltions: Provided, That no person shall knowingly disturb, injure, or destroy any notice, signboard, seal, tag, aircraft, boat, vessel, auto- mobile, sled, dog, dog team, paraphernalia, equipment, building or other improvement or property of the United States used in the administration or enforcement of the provisions of this Act, or any poster or notice to the public concerning the provisions of this Act or any regulation adopted pursuant hereto, or any marker indicating the boundary of any area closed to hunting, trapping, fishing, or other special use under the provisions of this Act, or shall knowingly destroy, remove, tamper with, or imitate any seal or tag issued or used by the Commission or attached under its authority to any skin, portion, or specimen of a wild animal, bird, game fish, or other article for purposes of identification or authentication in accordance with the provisions of this Act or any regulations adopted hereunder. "SEC. 10 . INCENSE: SUDIVISION A. NONRESIDENT HUNTING, TRAP- FING, AND FISHING IcENSES. - That except as otherwise permitted by this Act, or by any regulation or order made pursuant hereto, no nonresident as defined by section 3 of this Act shall take or possess 306 [57 STAr.