2019 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 9 - Fish and Wildlife Service
Sec. 745 - Powers of Secretary
| 16 U.S.C. § 745 (2019) |
| §745. Powers of Secretary |
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The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, may take or cause to be taken at all times, in the waters of the seacoast of the United States, where the tide ebbs and flows, and also in the waters of the lakes, such fish or specimens thereof as may in his judgment, from time to time, be needful or proper for the conduct of his duties, any law, custom, or usage of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. |
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(R.S. §4398; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, §3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.) |
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CODIFICATION
R.S. §4398 derived from Res. Feb. 9, 1871, No. 22, §4, 16 Stat. 594. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSSecretary of the Interior or Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, substituted for Director of Fish and Wildlife Service in view of transfer of functions by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 744 of this title. For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Transfer and consolidation of bureaus and functions, see note set out under section 742 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
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| Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Sec. 745 - Powers of Secretary |
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| 16 Stat. 594 54 Stat. 1232 64 Stat. 1262 84 Stat. 2090 |
