Pennsylvania Act 1957-347 — CONSENTING TO THE ACQUISITION OF LAND BY THE UNITED STATES

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CONSENTING TO THE ACQUISITION OF LAND BY THE UNITED STATES
                 Act of Jul. 10, 1957, P.L. 639, No. 347              Cl. 34
                                  AN ACT

     Consenting to the acquisition by the United States of land,
        water, or land and water, within the Commonwealth of
        Pennsylvania for migratory-bird reservations, authorized by
        Act of Congress of February 18, 1929.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is
     given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift,
     devise or lease, of such areas of land or water or of land and
     water anywhere in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as the
     United States, with the consent of the executive director of the
     Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Governor, may deem
     necessary for the establishment of migratory-bird reservations
     in accordance with the Act of Congress, approved February
     eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine, entitled "An
     act to more effectively meet the obligations of the United
     States under the Migratory Bird Treaty with Great Britain by
     lessening the dangers threatening migratory game birds from
     drainage and other causes, by the acquisition of areas of land
     and of water to furnish in perpetuity reservations for the
     adequate protection of such birds; and authorizing
     appropriations for the establishment of such areas, their
     maintenance and improvement, and for other purposes," reserving,
     however, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania full and complete
     jurisdiction and authority over all such areas not incompatible
     with the administration, maintenance, protection and control
     thereof, by the United States under the terms of said Act of
     Congress. (Amended, 1972, Act No. 56, P. L. 151, Section 1)
        Section 2.  The provisions of this act shall become effective
     immediately upon final enactment.