Press Release, Proclamation 2739

#1261 IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 31, 1947 AMENDMENTS OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO 309 MIGHATORY BIRDS AND GAME, MAMMALS to the President of the Uni ted States of America to A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Acting Secretary of the Interior has adopted, after notice and public procedure pursuant to section 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946 (Pub. Law No. 404 - 79th Cong.), and has submitted to me for approval the following amendments of the regulations approved by Proclamation No: 2616 of July 27, 1944, as amended, relating to migratory birds and game mammals included in the terms of the Conven- tion between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migra- tory birds and certain game mammals concluded February 7, 1936: AMENDMENTS OF MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT REGULATIONS ADOPTEL BY THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR By virtue of and pursuant to the vigratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), and Reorganizati on Plan II (53 Stat. 1431), and in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946 (Pub. Law No. 404- 79th Cong.), I, Oscar L. Chapman, Acting Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribu- tion, abundance, economic value, breeding habit ts, and times and lines of migratory flight of migratory birds included in the terms of the Convention between the United States (and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention be tween the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals, concluded February TRUMAD 7, 1936, have determined when, to what extent, and by what means NARA it is compatible with the terms of the said Act and conventions to allow the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exportation, and importatic of such birds and parts thereof and their nests and eggs, and in accordance with such determinations do hereby amend as follows the regulations approved by Proclamation No. 2616 of July 27, 1944, as last amended by Proclamation No. 2699 of August 8, 1946, and as so amended do hereby adopt such regulations as suitable regulati ons, permitting and governing the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transporta- tion, carriage, exportation, and importation of such migratory birds and parts, nests, and eggs thereof: Regulation 3, "Means by Which Migratory Game Birds May be Taken" is amended to read as follows: Migratory game birds on which open seasons are specified in regulation 4 may be taken during such seasons only with bow and arrow or witl a shotgun not larger than No. 10 gage, fired from the shoulder, except as permitted by regulation 7, 8, and 9, but they shall not be taken with or by means of any automatic-loading or hand-operated repeating shotgun capable of holding more than three shells, the magazine of which has not been cut off or plugged with a one-piece metal or wooden filler incapable of removal through the loading and thereof so as to reduce the capacity of said gun to not more than three shells at one time in the magazine and chamber combined. Such birds may be taken during the open seasons from land of water, with aid of a dog, and from a blind, boat or other floating craft not under tow or sail, except sink- box (battery), motorboat (excluding a boat having a detached out- board motor), and sailboa.;; provided, that nothing herein shall permit the taking of migratory game birds from or by means, aid, or use of an automobile or aircraft of any kind, the taking of waterfowl by means, Taid, or use of cattle, horses, mules, or live duck or goose decoys, the concentrating, driving, rallying or (OVER)