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398. Investigation of six-hour day for railroad employees.

399. Sale of public lands to Provo, Utah.

400. Conveyance of lands to Fallon, Nev.

401. Headquarters and records of insurance companies organized in D. C.

402. Poultry and livestock quarantine.

403. Conservation of rainfall in United States.

404. Mediterranean Fruit Fly Board.

405. Temporary railroad bridge across Pearl River, Leake County, Miss.

406. State, Justice, Commerce, and Labor Departments appropriation bill, 1933.

407. Development of water resources of Truckee River, etc.

409. Removing limit on fees of attorneys for Wichita Indians, etc.

411. Amending navigation rules for Great Lakes.

412. Prevention of fraud in promotion or sale of securities in D. C.

413. Regulation of real estate brokers and salesmen in D. C.

415. Repairs to Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital in D. C.*

417. Improvement of approach to Confederate cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.

419. Protection of musicians.

420. Amending act confirming title to lands granted in aid of schools.

421. Amendment of charter of Acacia Mutual Life Association.

422. Extension of improvements on west side of Georgia avenue in D. C.

423. Disposition of Muscle Shoals.

427. Review of cases tried in District Courts without jury.

428. Amend maternity act. 2 pts.

429. To confer to certain persons benefits of soldiers' homes.

430. Court of Claims to hear claims of Indians residing in Oregon.

431. Court of Claims to hear claims of Indians residing in Oregon.

432. Amending law relative to lights for vessels being towed.

433. Flood control of Cataco Creek, Ala.

434. Preliminary examination of Flint Creek and branches, Morgan County, Ala.

435. Flood control of Flint River, Ala. and Tenn.

436. Marker for graves of Confederate soldiers at La Fayette, Ga.

441. Capper-Kelley fair trade bill to regulate resale price maintenance.

442. Repealing certain provisions of espionage act relative to sedition.

443. Bridge across Missouri River at or near Arrow Rock, Mo.

444. Bridge across Missouri River at or near St. Charles, Mo.

445. Bridge across Rock River at or near Prophetstown, Ill.

446. Bridge across Mahoning River at New Castle, Pa.

447. Bridge across St. Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, N. Y.

448. Bridge across St. Francis River at or near Madison, Ark.

449. Bridge across St. Francis River at or near Lake City, Ark.

450. Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole for D. C.

451. Bridge across Monongahela River at or near Fayette City, Pa.

457. Conveyance of land to school district no. 15, Lincoln County, Mont.

458. Establishing additional land offices in Montana, etc.

460. Establishment of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.

461. Final enrollment of Indians of Klamath Indian Reservation.

462. Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska to bring suit in Court of Claims.

466. Homesteaders on diminished Colville Indian Reservation.

467. Vacating withdrawals of public lands under reclamation law.

469. Inclusion of lands in Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe national forests.

470. Adding lands to Idaho National Forest, Idaho.

471. Granting lands to Colorado for benefit of Colorado School of Mines.

*Corrected print.

473. Purchase of tobacco for inmates of Veterans' Administration homes.

475. Merger of street-railway corporations in D. C. 2 pts.

476. Depositions in cases arising under sec. 19 of World War veterans' act.

477. Loan of equipment for fourteenth annual convention, American Legion.

478. Issuance of patents to lands in New Mexico.

479. Amendments to naturalization and immigration laws.

480. Appointment of public-school employees of District of Columbia.

483. To permit Flathead Indians, etc., to file suit in Court of Claims.

485. To amend act for retirement of emergency officers.

487. American Legion memorial building at Abilene, Tex.

488. Loans to veterans on their adjusted service certificates.

489. Bridge across Hudson River at or near Catskill, N. Y.

490. Expenses of International Geological Congress.

491. Amending merchant marine act as applied to Virgin Islands.

492. Telephone service on Public Health Service stations.

493. Disposal of portion of Amelia Island lighthouse reservation.

495. Purchase of land in South Dakota for National Guard of that State.

497. Bridge across St. Lawrence River at or near Hogansburg, N. Y.

498. Penalty for sending threatening communications through mail.

499. Investigation into cost of system of future trading in wheat, etc.

500. Amend act for home care for dependent children in D. C.

501. Extension and widening of Michigan avenue in D. C.

502. Vacating withdrawals of public lands under reclamation law.

503. Adjustment of boundaries of Chelan National Forest, Wash.

504. Review of visa refusals.

507. Providing for additional judge for district of New Jersey.

508. Tornado relief in South.

509. Rates of wages paid for labor on public buildings.

510. Bridge across Missouri River at or near Elbowoods, N. Dak.

511. Bridge across Black River at or near Pocahontas, Ark.

512. Bridge across Savannah River near Sylvania, Ga.

513. Bridge across Missouri River at South Omaha, Nebr.

514. Interior Department appropriation bill, 1933.

515. To remove cloud on title of land in Corpus Christi, Tex.

516. To amend law regulating plumbing and gas-fitting in D. C.

517. Contracts for construction and repair work of District of Columbia.

527. Relief of certain Indians in Washington, Idaho, and Montana.

528. Amend act authorizing Chippewa Indians to submit claims to Ct. of Cls.

529. Procedure in disposal of Seminole tribal land.

530. Limiting jurisdiction of District Courts.

536. Defining and regulating power sites upon Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

537. Addition of names to final roll of Indians of Flathead Reservation.

538. Expenditures from Colorado River tribal funds for reimbursable loans.

539. Appointment as ensigns of graduates from Naval Academy in 1932.

540. Loan of War Department equipment to United Confederate Veterans.

541. Right of way to Georgia State Highway Department.

542. To admit Manob Suriya to Military Academy.

546. Construction of Casper-Alcova division, North Platte project.

547. State, Justice, Commerce, and Labor Departments appropriation bill, 1933.

548. Granting lands to New Orleans.

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Mr. WALCOTT, from the Special Committee on Conservation of WildLife Resources, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 263]

The Special Committee on Conservation of Wild-Life Resources to whom was referred the bill to insure adequate supplies of wild life, plant and animal, including forests, fish and game, for the people of the United States; to secure the correlation and most economical conduct of wild-life research and restocking and the elimination of duplication of effort and expense between the several departments of the Federal Government having to do with the same; to promote the development and extension of experimental stations for breeding; to promote studies of diseases and other factors limiting the natural supply, and for other purposes, having considered the same report there on with the recommendation that the bill do pass with the following amendment:

Strike out in section 3, paragraph B, the following words at the end of the paragraph, "under such laws or regulations as may be in effect after the passage of this act on public lands adjoining such impounded waters" and insert in lieu thereof, the following "until such rights and privileges are annulled or modified by laws enacted subsequent to the passage of this act."

This bill is designed to meet an emergency. Your committee therefore earnestly recommends its early consideration and adoption. It does not carry an appropriation; it utilizes existing executive agencies of the Government in a most necessary coordination of Federal effort to preserve and increase our natural wild life resources. Your committee during the congressional recess held hearings and made investigations in various sections of our country. We had the cooperation and active assistance of the executive heads of departments affected by this measure and they are in agreement as to its necessity and advantages.

Voluntary coordination is inefficient, wasteful, and frequently fails through lack of understanding and information. This bill will secure

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