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lienor's having any notice that such property was to be used in connection with a violation of any provision of this Act or any regulation made pursuant thereto, the court, upon the conviction of the accused, may order a sale of such property at public auction. The officer conducting such sale, after deducting proper fees and costs incident to the seizure, keeping, and sale of such property, shall pay all such liens according to their priorities, and such lien or liens shall be transferred from the property to the proceeds of the sale thereof. SEC. 4. (a) Any person convicted of violating any provision of this Act, or any regulation made pursuant to this Act, shall be fined not more than $300 or imprisoned not more than 90 days, or both. (b) Prosecutions for violations of this Act, or the regulations made pursuant thereto, shall be conducted in the name of the District of Columbia by the Corporation Counsel or any of his assistants. SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioners, respectively, are authorized to delegate any of the functions to be performed by them under the authority of this Act. (b) The Commissioners are authorized to make such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act: Provided, That any regulations issued pursuant to this Act shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior insofar as they involve any areas or waters of the District of Columbia under his administrative jurisdiction. (c) As used in this Act the word "Commissioners" means the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their designated agent or agents, and the words "Secretary of the Interior" means the Secretary of the Interior or his designated agent or agents. SEC. 6. Nothing in this Act or in any regulation promulgated by the Commissioners under the authority of this Act shall in any way impair the existing authority of the Secretary of the Interior to control and manage fish and wildlife on the land and waters in the District of Columbia under his administrative jurisdiction. SEC. 7. Section 902 of the Act approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1336) as amended (title 22, secs. 1607 and 1703, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 902. PENALTIES.—Any person who shall violate any provision of the preceding section shall for each such oti'ense be fined not more than $300 or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both." SEC. 8. The following Acts or parts of Acts are repealed: (a) Sections 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, and 903 of the Act approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1335, 1336), as amended (title 22, secs. 1601, 1602, 1604, 1605, 1606, and 1608, D. C. Code, 1951 edition); (b) Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Act approved March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1012), as amended (title 22, secs. 1609-1620, D. C. Code, 1951 edition); (c) Sections 1, 2, 3, and 5 of the Act approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 808), as amended (title 22, secs. 1621-1624, D. C. Code, 1951 edition); (d) Sections 1 through 3 of the Act approved December 18, 1919 (41 Stat. 368; title 22, secs. 1625-1627, D. C. Code, 1951 edition); and (e) Sections 1 through 4 of the Act approved March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1379; title 22, sec. 1603, D. C. Code, 1951 edition). SEC. 9. This Act shall take efi'ect on the 180th day following the approval thereof. Approved August 23, 1958. 98395-59-PT. 1-52
Conviction fine.
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D e l e g a t i o n of functions.
F i s h and wildlife control.
Repeals.
Effective date.
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