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2a`,ls3s. May 1, 1936 . be expended and accounted for in the same manner as the funds authorized to be appropriated by this joint resolution . The Com- missioner General is also authorized to receive contributions of material, or to borrow material or exhibits, and to accept the services of any skilled and unskilled labor that may be available through S tate or Fe deral reli ef or ganiz ation s, to aid in ca rryin g out the ing andproperty.udd general purposes of this joint resolution . At the close of the expo- sition or when the connection of the Government of the United States therewith ceases, the Commissioner General shall dispose of any such portion of the material contributed as may be unused, and return such borrowed roperty ; and, under the direction of the Commis- sion, dispose op any structures which may have been constructed PublicSales . and account therefor : Provided, That all disposition of materials, property, and so forth, shall be at public sale to the highest bidder, and the proceeds thereof shall be covered into the Treasury of the Unite d Sta tes . Report to Congress. SEC. 9 . It shall be the duty of the Commission to transmit to Con- gress, within six months after the close of the exposition, a detailed statement of all expenditures, and such other reports as may be deemed proper, which reports shall be prepared and arranged with mission . Term inati on of Com- a view to concise statement and convenient reference . Upon the tran smiss ion o f suc h rep ort t o Con gress the Commi ssion esta blish ed by and all appointments made under the authority of this joint resolution shall terminate . Appro ved, April 25, 1936 . [CHAPTER 251 .] May
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[ 5.3 413 .] To gi ve effect to the Co nve nti on be twe en the United States and ce rta in ot her [Public, No. 535 .] countries for the regulation of whal ing, con clude d at Gen eva, September 24, 1931, s igned on the part of the Un ited State s, March 31, 1932, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the The Whaling Treaty Ac t.
United States o f America in Congress assembled, That this Act shall Post, p .3079.
be k nown by t he short title of "The Wha ling Tre aty Act" . Taking, etc ., of right whales unlawful . SEC . 2 . That unless and except as permitted by regulations made as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to hunt, take, capture, kill, attempt to take, capture, or kill, possess, offer for sale, sell, offer to purchase, deliver for shipment, ship, cause to be shipped, deliver for transportation, transport, cause to be transported, carry or cause to be carried by any means whatever, receive for shipment, trans- portation, or carriage, import or export at any time or in any man- poi n excepted . poises
d p or- ner, any right whale, or the young of any whale, excepting dolphins and porpoises ; or to sell, purchase ship, transport by any means whatever, import, or export, the products of any right whale, includ- ing oil, meat, bone, meal, or fertilizer . giving of calves, or fema les wit h c alv es,
SEC . 3 . That it shall be unlawful to kill at any time any ca lves prohi bite d °
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f h tected by article 5 of the Convention for the regulation of whaling, concluded at Geneva, September 24, 1931, signed on the part of the Unite d Sta tes, March 31, 1932 . fined . h t whal es de- S EC . 4 . That for the purposes of this Act, right whales shal l be deemed to include North Atlantic or North Cape whales, Greenland Cal ves, etc. or Bowhead whales, and Pacific right whales ; calves or suckling whales shall be deemed to include whales having a length less than the following dimensions : Blue or sulphurbottom, 60 feet ; finbacks, 50 feet ; and humpbacks, 35 feet .
