plan of cooperation should, if necessary, provide that the terms and 

 conditions under which forest officers will act as deputy wardens will 

 be stated definitely in the oaths of office to which forest officers sub- 

 scribe. The point at which the work of game protection will be sub- 

 ordinated to the requirements of the Service should be definitely 

 established. There should be a general understanding with reference 

 to the circumstances under which a forest officer may not take cog- 

 nizance of apparent violations of the game law, and it should b( 

 made clear that the forest officer will be expected to exercise th< 

 same tact and judgment in the enforcement of the game laws that 

 he does in the enforcement of the National Forest regulations. 

 Where the district forester and the State authorities have agreed 

 upon such a plan of cooperation the men whose names the district 

 forester has furnished to the State game warden with recommenda- 

 tion for their appointment as deputy game wardens will be required 

 to accept the appointments and to enforce the game laws in strict 

 accordance with the terms of the agreement, unless they can furnish 

 the district forester with satisfactory reasons why they should not 

 be required to accept appointment or perform the duties of the office. 



In States where the game laws are adequately enforced, but 

 where no plan of cooperation has been agreed upon, each forest 

 officer will be at liberty to accept or refuse appointment as a deputy 

 game warden. It will, however, be the duty of each forest officer 

 to report to the local authorities each case of violation of the game 

 laws which may come to his attention and to furnish the local 

 authorities with all information and assistance essential to the en- 

 forcement of the law, but not to make arrests or initiate prosecutions 

 unless commissioned as deputy game warden. 



In localities where State officers show little interest in game-law 

 enforcement or fail to support forest officers who try to enforce the 

 laws, it is out of the question for forest officers to take the brunt of 

 a burden which belongs primarily to the State. Where a popular 

 prejudice against the enforcement of the State's game laws is ac- 

 quiesced in by the State's local officers the Forest Service will not 

 undertake to enforce these game laws, for it could not enforce them 

 if it tried, and the effort merely hampers the work of the Govern- 

 ment in administering the Forests. 



HENRY S. GRAVES, 



Forester. 



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WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : IS 



