Vermont § 5216 - Migratory bird reservations; consent of State; jurisdiction

§ 5216. Migratory bird reservations; consent of State; jurisdiction

• Consent of the State of Vermont is given to the acquisition by the United States by
  purchase, gift, devise, or lease of such land or water, or of land and water in Vermont,
  as the United States may deem necessary for the establishment of migratory bird reservations
  in accordance with the act of Congress, approved February 18, 1929, entitled, “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 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,” reserving, however, to the State of Vermont
  full and complete jurisdiction and authority over all such areas not incompatible
  with the administration, maintenance, protection, and control thereof by the United