Importation of eggs of game birds for propagation

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Title 16—CONSERVATION > CHAPTER 7—PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERALLY

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The Secretary of the Interior shall have the power to authorize the importation of eggs of game birds for purposes of propagation, and he shall prescribe all necessary rules and regulations governing the importation of eggs of said birds for such purposes.

( June 3, 1902, ch. 983 , 32 Stat. 285 ; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939 , 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433 .)

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Importation of eggs of game birds for propagation · 16 U.S.C. § 702 | Frix