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(c) The hunting of any wild animals, except as authorized by permit 

 from the Superintendent of Forestr3^ 



(d) Having or leaving in an exposed or insanitary condition camp 

 refuse or debris of any description, or depositing or being or going 

 thereon and depositing in the streams or other waters within or border- 

 ing upon government lands in the forest reserves any substance or sub- 

 stances which pollute or are liable to cause pollution of the said streams 

 or waters. 



(e) The going on or being upon government lands within a forest 

 reserve with intent to destroy, molest, disturb, or injure property belong- 

 ing to the Territory of Hawaii, or used by the Territory of Hawaii in the 

 administration of the forest reserves. 



(f) The wilful tearing down^ defacing_, or disturbing of any public 

 notice or survey monument posted within a forest reserve. 



(g) Squatting upon government land in a forest reserve, or construct- 

 ing or maintaining any kind of w'orks, structure, fence, inclosure, road 

 or trail, without a permit, except as otherwise allowed by law. 



(h) The tearing down, breaking down or through, or molesting in any 

 manner of a forest reserve boundary fence or gate or a fence or gate 

 on government land within a forest reserve. 



Section 2. Any person violating the above rule shall be guilty of a 

 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine 

 not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), as provided by Section 

 529, Kevised Laws of Hawaii of 1915. 



Section 3. This rule shall take eflFect upon its approval by the 

 Governor. 



Approved: 



LUCIUS E. PINK.HAM, 



Governor. 



Honolulu. Territory of Hawaii, 

 April 5, 1916. 



All rules and regulations of this Board have the foree and 

 effect of law. 



Rule II has so far proved very satisfactory and many arrests 

 and convictions have been made for infringements of several of 

 its provisions. 



Timber Cutting. 



The portion of it relating to the cutting or killing of trees has 

 moreover been strengthened by Act 83 of the Session Laws of 

 1919, which reads as follows: 



*'Sec. 1. The cutting, killing, destroying, girdling, chopping, 

 injuring, or otherwise damaging, or the removal of any timber, 

 young tree growth, or products of tree growth on lands in the 

 forest reservations belonging to the Territory of Hawaii, except 

 as authorized by law or by permission from the Superintendent of 

 Forestry or his agents, is hereby prohibited. 



"Sec. 2. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of 

 this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- 

 viction thereof shall be punished bv imprisonment not more than 

 one year, or by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars." 



