New Jersey § 23:4-56

Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 23:4-56, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 23:4-56.

Consent of this state is given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase,

gift, devise or lease of any areas of land or water, or of land and water, in this

state which the United States deems necessary for the establishment of migratory bird

reservations in accordance with the act of congress approved February eighteenth,

one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, entitled “An act to more effectively meet

the obligations of the United States under the Migratory Bird Treaty with Great Britain

by lessening the dangers threatening migratory game birds from drainage and other

causes by the acquisition of areas of land and of water to furnish in perpetuity reservations

for the adequate protection of such birds; and authorizing appropriations for the

establishment of such areas, their maintenance and improvement and for other purposes,” 1 reserving, however, to this state full jurisdiction and authority over all these

areas not incompatible with the administration, maintenance, protection, and control

thereof by the United States under the terms of said act of congress. 1

45 Stat. 1222, c. 257, 16 U.S.C.A. § 715 et seq.

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