Section 17-1-28 - [Assent to act of congress concerning wildlife restoration projects.]

NM Stat § 17-1-28 (2019) (N/A)
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The state of New Mexico hereby assents to the provisions of the act of congress of the United States of America entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in wildlife restoration projects, and for other purposes," approved September 7 [2], 1937 (Public Number 415, 75th Congress), and the state game commission is hereby authorized and directed to perform all such acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of cooperative wildlife restoration projects, as defined by said act of congress, and in compliance with said act, and rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary of agriculture [secretary of the interior] thereunder.

History: Laws 1939, ch. 19, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 43-114; 1953 Comp., § 53-1-14.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Compiler's notes. — The federal act referred to in this section is compiled in 16 U.S.C. § 669 et seq.

In 1939 the functions of the secretary of agriculture relating to the conservation of wildlife, game and migratory birds were transferred to the secretary of the interior by 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II.