PROCLAMATIONS-DEC. 2, 1947 CLOSED AREA UNDER THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT-FLORIDA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Acting Secretary of the Interior has submitted to me for approval the following regulation adopted by him, after notice and public procedure pursuant to section 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 238), under authority of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755, 16 U. S . C . 704), and Reorganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431): REGULATION DESIGNATING AS CLOSED AREA CERTAIN LANDS AND WATERS WITHIN, ADJACENT TO, OR IN THE VICINITY OF THE SANI- BEL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, FLORIDA By virtue of and pursuant to the authority contained in section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755, 16 U. S . C. 704), Reorganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431), and in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 238), I, OSCAR L. CHAPMAN, Acting Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the zones of tempera- ture and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of flight of the migratory birds included in the terms of the conventions between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals, concluded February 7, 1936, do hereby designate as closed area, effective thirty days after publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER, in or on which pursuing, hunting, taking, capturing, or killing of migratory birds, or attempting to take, capture, or kill migratory birds is not permitted, all areas of land and water in Lee County, Florida, not now owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described ex- terior boundary: Beginning at low water east of Sanibel Island Light, situated on Point Ybel on the east end of Sanibel Island, Florida, in ap- proximate latitude 26027'13" N., longitude 8 2 °0 0 '48" W.; Thence Northwesterly with low water along the northeast side of Sanibel Island approximately 5170 yards (2.94 miles) to a point at low water and approximately 704 yards (0.40 mile) southeast of Woodrings Point on Sanibel Island; Thence Northwesterly, within Pine Island Sound, approxi- mately 1760 yards (1.00 mile) to St. James Light 5, in St. James City Channel, between Sanibel and Pine Islands; Thence Northwesterly, Southwesterly and then Northwesterly continuing through Pine Island Sound by straight lines connect- ing in order the following navigation markers: St. James Day- beacon 7 (black); Pine Island Sound Daybeacon 8 (red); Pine Island Sound Light 10; Pine Island Sound Daybeacon 12 (red); Pine Island Sound Daybeacon 14 (red); Pine Island Sound Daybeacon 15 (black); Pine Island Sound Light 16, approxi- mately 11,616 yards (6.60 miles) to Wulfert Daybeacon 1 (black), at the entrance to Wulfert Channel; Thence Westerly and Southwesterly in Wulfert Channel and between Sanibel and Captiva Islands by straight lines connecting in order the following navigation markers: Wulfert Daybeacon 3 (black); Wulfert Daybeacon 5 (black); Wulfert Daybeacon 7 December 2,1947 [No. 2781] 5U.S. a.§ 1003. 16U. .C.§.703- 711. 5U.S.C.§133t note. 6U..C. 133t note. 5 U. S. C. §1003. 39 Stat. 1702 . 50 Stat. 1311 . Effective date. 61 STAT.] 1099
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