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[55 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 366-368 -AUG. 18 ,1941 Penalty for buying, selling, etc. Venue of prosecu- tion. 48 Stat. 794. 18 U. . C. §.413- 419. SEr. 4. Whoever shall receive, conceal, store, barter, buy, sell, or dispose of any cattle, moving in or constituting a part of interstate or foreign commerce, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both. SEC. 5 . Any person violating section 3 of this Act may be prose- cuted in any district from, into, or through which such cattle has or have been transported or removed. SEC. 6 . Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal, modify, or amend any part of the National Stolen Property Act. Approved, August 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 367] August 18, 1941 [H. R. 587] [Public Law 218] Wildlife-restoration projects. 50 Stat. 917. 18 U. S. C. §669- 669J. Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Vir- gin Islands. Apportionment of funds. Limitation on pay- ments. Use of unexpended, etc., balances. 45 Stat. 1222 . 16 U. . C.C. 715- 716r. August 18, 1941 [H. R . 1606o [Public Law 219] Protection of wal- ruses in Alaska. Penalty for posses- sion. etc. AN ACT To extend the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration projects, and for other pur- poses", approved September 2, 1937. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration projects, and for other purposes", approved September 2, 1937, be amended by adding a new section to read as follows: "SEc. 8. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the Alaska Game Commission, the Division of Game and Fish of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry of Hawaii the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of Puerto Rico, and the Governor of the Virgin Islands, in the conduct of wildlife- restoration projects, as defined in section 2 of this Act, upon such terms and conditions as he shall deem fair, just, and equitable, and is authorized to apportion to said Territories, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, out of money available for apportionment under this Act, such sums as he shall determine, not exceeding $25,000 for Alaska, and $10,000 each for Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, in any one year, which apportionments, when made, shall be deducted before making the apportionments to the States provided for by this Act; but the Secretary shall in no event require any of said cooperat- ing agencies to pay an amount which will exceed 25 per centum of the cost of any project. Any unexpended or unobligated balance of any apportionment made pursuant to this section shall be available for expenditure in the Territories, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands, as the case may be, in the succeeding year, on any approved project and if unexpended or unobligated at the end of such year is authorized to be made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out the provisions of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act." Approved, August 18, 1941. [CHAPTER 368] AN ACT For the protection of walruses in the Territory of Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whoever, within the Territory of Alaska or in or on any of the waters thereof, shall take, possess, sell, barter, purchase, or export, at any time or in any manner, any walrus, alive or dead, or any part thereof, except as hereinafter in this section provided, shall be fined not more than 632