PROCLAMATIONS-NOV. 7, 1940 fowl or other birds, or the taking of their nests or eggs in or on any lands or waters in Willapa Bay within the boundary herein- after described, which said lands and waters at the date hereof are adjacent to or in the vicinity of, but not incorporated in, the said Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, would defeat the protec- tion sought to be extended to such migratory waterfowl and other migratory birds by the establishment of said refuge and, there- fore, would be incompatible with the terms of said Convention: WHEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), and Reorganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431), and in extension of Regulation 4 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Regulations, Ante, p. 2z0. the aforesaid lands and waters in Willapa Bay lying within the following-described boundary are designated as a closed area, and the hunting, taking, capturing, or killing of migratory waterfowl or other migratory birds, or the attempt to hunt, take, capture, or kill such waterfowl or other birds, or the taking of their nests or eggs therein or thereon, is not permitted: Willamette Meridian Description. Beginning at the meander corner between sections 5 and 8, T. 10 N., R. 10 W., on the east bank and near the mouth of Bear River, at Willapa Bay; Thence west approximately 20 chains to the west side of Bear River Channel; Thence in Willapa Bay with the west side of said channel, Northerly to a point which bears S. 35° W., 25 chains (approximately) from the southernmost extremity of High Point on Long Island; Thence continuing with Bear River Channel, Westerly to a point on the east side of Tarlett Slough Channel, at its point of confluence with the said Bear River Channel; Thence crossing Tarlett Slough Channel, Westerly to a point on the west side of said channel, a corner in the southwesterly boundary of the Long Island Oyster Reserve; Thence continuing in Willapa Bay with the west, north, and east boundaries of the said Long island Oyster Reserve, N. 22042'51" W., 107.775 chains; N. 87°07'15" W., 13.318 chains; N. 2°44'10" E., 45.125 chains; N. 66°27'05" E., 43.126 chains; N. 32°18'31" W., 52.81 chains; N. 10°31'44" W., 72.773 chains; N. 32012'20" W., 56.344 chains; N. 15°10'14" W., 51.602 chains; S. 84026'05" E., 37.668 chains; N. 0056'50" W., 184.14 chains; N. 28051 ' 36 " E., 47.888 chains; S. 84023'35" E., 130.19 chains; S. 80°35'53" E., 35.341 chains; S. 7°48'14" E., 154.995 chains; S. 37044'0 1 " E., 124.408 chains to a corner of the said Long Island Oyster Reserve on the east side of Stanley Channel, which corner bears S. 7° E., 18 chains (approximately) from the meander corner between section 32, T. 12 N., R. 10 W., and section 5, T. 11 N., R. 10W.; 2757 54 STAT.]
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