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such migratory ducks in order to protect the rice from damage; but no such person shall shoot at any such migratory ducks from any artificial or natural blinds; nor shall migratory ducks be killed or shot at from or in any field from which the rice has been harvested; nor shall migratory ducks so killed be sold, offered for sale or shipped for purpose of sale, or be wantonly wasted or destroyed, but they may be used for food purposes by the persons hereby permitted to kill them and they may be transported to hospitals and charitable institutions in California for use as food.

Each owner or lessee of land on which migratory ducks are so killed shall, on or before the 25th day of October, 1918, submit to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., a sworn statement of the number and kinds of migratory ducks killed each day pursuant to this permit on such land so owned or leased by him, the manner which the said ducks were disposed of, and the cost of the ammunition used in killing or attempting to kill them.

D. F. Houston.
Secretary of Agriculture.

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