An Act to amend chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, so as to prohibit the use of aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or burros on land belonging to the United States, and for other purposes
PL 86-234 (H.R.2725), enacted 09/08/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-234-SEPT. 8, 1959 
[73 ST A T . 
Effective date. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Labor is authorized to make such rules 
and regulations as he may deem necessary or appropriate to carry 
out the provisions of this Act and the functions vested in him by this 
Act. 
SEC. ^4. This Act shall become effective as of July 1, 1959. 
Approved September 8, 1959. 
September 8, 1959 
[H. R. 2725] 
Public Law 86-234 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, so as to prohibit the use of 
aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or burros on land 
belonging to the United States, and for other purposes. 
H o r s e s 
a nd 
burros 
on 
public 
lands. 
Methods of hunt-
ing. 
18 u s e 41-46. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) chapter 
8 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new section: 
"§ 47. Use of aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or 
burros; pollution of watering holes 
" (a) Whoever uses an aircraft or a motor vehicle to hunt, for the 
purpose of capturing or killing, any wild unbranded horse, mare, colt, 
or burro running at large on any of the public land or ranges shall be 
fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, or 
both. 
"(b) Whoever pollutes or causes the pollution of any watering hole 
on any of the public land or ranges for the purpose of trapping, 
killing, wounding, or maiming any of the animals referred to in sub-
section (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $500, or 
imprisoned not more than six months, or both. 
" (c) As used in subsection (a) of this section— 
" (1) The term 'aircraft' means any contrivance used for flight in 
the air; and 
"(2) The term 'motor vehicle' includes an automobile, automobile 
truck, automobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled 
vehicle designed for running on land." 
(b) The analysis of such chapter 3, immediately preceding section 
41, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: 
"47. Use of aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or burros." 
Approved September 8, 1959. 
Public Law 86-235 
AN ACT 
September 8, 1959 
[H. R. 2886] 
To suspend for three years the import duties on certain classifications of spun 
silk yarn. 
Silk yarn. 
46 Stat. 650. 
19 u s e 
1001, 
par. 1202. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That spun silk or 
schappe silk yarn, not dyed or colored, singles of more than 58,800 
yards per pound, or plied of more than 29,400 yards per pound, pro-
vided for m paragraph 1202 of the Tariff Act of 1930, shall be ad-
mitted free of duty if entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for con-
sumption, during the three-year period beginning on the sixtieth 
day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved September 8, 1959.