Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 63 Part 1.djvu/797

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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 663, 671, 672-OCT. 10, 11 , 1949 759 base and meridian, distant northerly thereon eight hundred forty- two and fifteen one-hundredths feet from the west quarter-corner of said section 30. Approved October 10, 1949. [CHAPTER 671] AN ACT To promote effectual planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife, fish and game conservation and rehabilitation in the Eglin Field Reservation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Air Force is hereby authorized and directed to carry out a program of planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife, fish, and game conservation and rehabilitation in the Eglin Field Reservation in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior through the Fish and Wildlife Service. The Secretary of the Air Force is hereby authorized and directed to adopt suitable regulations for such conservation and rehabilitation in accordance with a general plan agreed upon between the Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Interior, including provisions for the restocking, propagation, and conservation of game and fish in said reservation. Such regulations shall provide for the issuance of hunting and fishing permits to individuals and shall require the payment of a nominal fee therefor, which fees shall be utilized for restocking, propagation, and other related wildlife activities in said reservation. Such regulations shall not be inconsistent with, insofar as possible, the law and regula- tions of the State of Florida relating to hunting and fishing. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Air Force is hereby authorized and directed to expend a sum equal to all sums heretofore or hereafter accumulated by the Air Force from money collected through the sale of game permits in the Eglin Field Reservation prior to and after the adoption of the program authorized by this Act for the purposes of said program. Proper accounting of funds thus expended shall be made at the direction of the Secretary. SEC. 3. That the Department of the Air Force is held free from any liability to pay into the Treasury of the United States upon the operation of said program authorized by this Act any funds which may have been or may hereafter be expended by the United States Air Force to carry out the purposes of said program, and which expenditure has been properly accounted for to the Comptroller General of the United States. Approved October 11, 1949. [CHAPTER 672] AN ACT To provide for the detention, care, and treatment of persons of unsound mind in certain Federal reservations in Virginia and Maryland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any United States commissioner specially designated for that purpose by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland shall have jurisdiction and authority to commit to Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia, for observation and diagnosis, any person found in any place over which the United States has exclusive or con- current jurisdiction in Arlington County, Fairfax County, or the city October 11, 1949 [H. R . 2418] [Public Law 345] Eglin Field Reser- vation. Fish and game con- servation, etc. Regulations. Use of funds from sale of game permits. Nonliabillty. October 11 1949 Is. 9341 [Public Law 346] St. Elizabeths Hos- pital, D. C . Care, etc., of certain mentally unsound per- sons of Va. and Md.