Provided, however, That whenever the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service shall find that emergency State action to prevent forest fires in any extensive area has resulted in the shortening of the season during which the hunting of any migratory game bird is permitted and that a compensatory extension or reopening of the hunting season for such birds will not result in a diminution of the abundance of birds to any greater extent than that contemplated for the original hunting season, the hunting season for the birds so affected may, subject to all other provisions of this subchapter, be extended or reopened by the Director upon request of the chief officer of the agency of the State exercising administration over wildlife resources. The Di

rector of the Fish and Wildlife Service shall fix the length of the extended or reopened season, which in no event shall exceed the number of days during which hunting has been so prohibited, and he shall publicly announce the extended or reopened season.

2. Section 6.6 subsection (a) is amended to read as follows:

(a) Transportation in or out of Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the United States. Migratory game birds and parts thereof, which if dressed have the head, head plumage, and feet attached and which have been lawfully taken, may be transported in or out of Alaska, Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, or any State during the open season where taken: Provided, That the number of such birds permitted to be transported out of or into any such State, Alaska, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia or to a foreign country during any one calendar week shall not exceed for one person the number permitted by § 6.4 to be in the possession of one person where taken.

Any such birds or parts thereof transported from Alaska, Puerto Rico, or any State not later than 48 hours following the close of the open season therein may continue in transit for such additional time immediately after shipment, not to exceed 5 days, as is necessary to deliver them to their destination.

Any package in which such birds or parts thereof are transported shall have the name and address of the shipper and of the consignee and an accurate statement of the numbers and kinds of birds or parts thereof contained therein clearly and conspicuously marked on the outside thereof.

3. Section 6.6 subsection (b) is amended to read as follows:

(b) Importations from Canada, Mexico, or other foreign country. Migratory game birds of species on which open seasons are prescribed by § 6.4, and parts thereof, which if dressed have the head, head plumage, and feet attached and which have been lawfully taken and possessed in and exported from a foreign country, may be transported into the United States, Alaska, or Puerto Rico during the open seasons where taken: Provided, That shipments from Mexico must be accompanied by a Mexican export permit and shipments from Canada must be accompanied by tags or permits if required by provincial or dominion law: And provided further. That the number of such migratory game birds permitted to be so imported during any one calendar week shall not exceed for one person the greatest number of each species permitted to be possessed by one person anywhere in the United States.

Any such birds or parts thereof transported from Canada or Mexico not later than 5 days immediately following the open season where taken may continue in transit for such additional time immediately after shipment, not to exceed 5 days, as is necessary to deliver them to their destination. Any package in which such birds or parts thereof are transported shall have the name and address of the shipper and of the consignee and an accurate statement of the numbers and kinds of birds or parts thereof therein contained clearly and conspicuously marked on the outside thereof.

4. Section 6.6 subsection (c) is amended to read as follows:

(c) Possession. Within the maximum possession limits prescribed by § 6.4 migratory game birds lawfully taken within a State or transported or imported in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this section, may be possessed in any State, District of Columbia, Alaska, or Puerto Rico during the open season where taken and for an additional 90 days next succeeding said open season.

5. Section 6.8 subsection (b) is amended to read as follows:

(b) Special authorization. Imports from Mexico must be accompanied by Mexican export permits, but otherwise State or municipal game farms or city parks may acquire, possess, dispose of,

and transport lawfully obtained live migratory waterfowl without a special permit; and public museums, zoological parks and societies, and public scientific and educational institutions may acquire by gift, loan or purchase and may possess, dispose of, and transport lawfully obtained migratory birds and their eggs, nests, or parts without obtaining a special permit. No such birds may be sold to, purchased from, or exchanged with any person not authorized pursuant to this section to sell, purchase, or exchange them.

6. Section 6.8 subsection (c) is amended to read as follows:

(c) Special permits. Permits for the importation, taking, sale, purchase or other acquisition, and possession of live migratory birds and their eggs for propagating purposes; for the importation, taking, sale, purchase or other acquisition, and possession of migratory birds and their eggs, nests, or parts for scientific and other limited purposes; for the disposition and transportation of such birds, eggs, nests, parts, and their increase; and for the mounting or other preparation by a taxidermist of such birds, eggs, or nests, may be issued by the Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington 25, D. C., upon such terms and conditions as are consistent with the protection of the species and the general purposes of §§ 6.1 to 6.12 which terms and conditions may include, among other things, the inspection of premises and records by authorized employees of the Department, the keeping of records and the making of reports. Importations from Mexico under this subsection must be accompanied by a Mexican export permit.

To insure the preservation of migratory birds, permits to take for scientific and propagating purposes may be denied or they may limit the number and species of such birds or their eggs to be taken thereunder, the place where they may be taken, and the manner and means of taking. Migratory birds, their eggs, and nests may not be sold to, purchased from, or exchanged with any person not authorized by this section or by a permit issued under this subsection to make such sale, purchase, or exchange.

No permit issued under this subsection shall authorize the taking, possession, sale, purchase, exchange, or transportation of migratory birds or their eggs or nests unless the permittee also possesses

whatever permit may be required for such action pursuant to the laws and regulations of the State, Territory, or District concerned.

7. Section 6.8 subsections (d) and (e) are redesignated as subsections (e) and (f), respectively, and a new subsection to be designated as § 6.8 (d) is added to read as follows:

(d) Transfer and revocation. No permit issued hereunder shall be transferable. The privilege granted by any permit shall terminate upon the expiration of the period named therein or any extension thereof, unless the permit is sooner terminated.

8. Section 6.8 subsection (e), as redesignated, is amended to read as follows:

(e) Applications for permits. Applications for permits shall be addressed to the Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington 25, D. C., in such form as he may prescribe.

These amendments shall become effective on and after September 1, 1949.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of the Interior to be affixed, this 27th day of July 1949.

Secretary of the Interior.

AND WHEREAS upon consideration it appears that approval of the foregoing amendments will effectuate the purposes of the aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the said Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing amendments.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 29th day of July in the year of our Lord

nineteen hundred and forty[SEAL] nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fourth. HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:

DEAN ACHESON,
Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2849

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, 1949

WHEREAS the lives of thousands of our fellow Americans-men, women, and children-are destroyed each year by fire and countless others suffer permanent disability from the same cause; and

WHEREAS preventable fires also destroy an untold amount of irreplaceable natural resources and of private and public property, including forests and farms, schools and churches, hospitals, homes, and factories; and

WHEREAS for these reasons the prevention of fires is of the utmost concern to every American citizen:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning October 9, 1949, as Fire Prevention Week.

I earnestly request that during that week all of us undertake a year-round campaign against destructive fires in our homes and in our communities. I also request that State and local governments, the American National Red Cross, the National Fire Waste Council, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, business, labor, and farm organizations, churches, schools, civic groups, and agencies of public information, including newspapers, magazines, and the radio, television, and motion picture industries, cooperate fully in the observance of Fire Prevention Week. I direct the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government to assist in arousing public awareness of the need for active participation in this crusade against the frightful toll of life and property resulting from fires.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 2nd day of August in the year of our Lord

nineteen hundred and forty[SEAL] nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fourth. HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:

DEAN ACHESON,
Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2850

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AMENDMENT OF PROCLAMATION NO. 2523 1 FRESCRIBING REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE CONTROL OF PERSONS ENTERING OR LEAVING THE UNITED STATES

WHEREAS Proclamation No. 2523 of November 14, 1941, issued under and by virtue of the authority vested in the President by the act of May 22, 1918, 40 Stat. 559, as amended by the act of June 21, 1941, 55 Stat. 252, prescribes regulations which impose certain restrictions and prohibitions, in addition to those otherwise provided by law, upon the departure of persons from and their entry into the United States; and

WHEREAS I find that the interests of the United States, within the meaning of the said act of June 21, 1941, and by reason of the continued existence of the conditions set forth in section 1 thereof, require that the said proclamation be amended as hereinafter set forth:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in the President by the act of Congress above mentioned, do proclaim as follows:

1. The said Proclamation No. 2523 is hereby amended so that paragraph numbered (3) thereof, together with the succeeding unnumbered paragraph, shall read as follows:

"(3) (a) After the effective date of the rules and regulations hereinafter authorized, no alien shall enter or attempt to enter the United States unless he is in possession of a valid unexpired permit to enter issued by the Secretary of State. or by an appropriate officer designated by the Secretary of State, or is exempted from obtaining a permit to enter, in accordance with rules and regulations which the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Attorney General, is hereby authorized to prescribe.

"(b) No permit to enter shall be issued to an alien if it appears to the satisfaction of the issuing officer, or the Secretary of State, that the alien's entry would be prejudicial to the interests of the United States within the meaning of the rules and regulations hereinbefore authorized to be prescribed by the Secretary of State with the concurrence of the Attorney General.

13 CFR, 1943 Cum. Supp.