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natural resources on national domain and to wild life moving 

 in interstate commerce. 



Under the heading of national domain come laws passed 

 for protection of wild life in the national parks, bird refuges 

 and in the territories ; under the second group come the Lacy 

 Act of 1900 as amended in 1909^ the Migratory Bird Treaty 

 Act of 1918 3 and the Black Bass Act of 1930.* It will be 

 noted that only the enforcement of the Migratory Bird 

 Treaty Act and the Black Bass Act are truly regulatory 

 activities, the protection of wild life on federal reservations 

 has more to do with the administration of public domain 

 than regulation in the true sense. This leaves to the states 

 control over all types of wild animals outside of federal 

 reservations, other than migratory birds and black bass. 



The enforcement of the federal wild life conservation 

 laws rest chiefly in the hands of the Division of Game 

 Management in the United States Biological Survey 

 and in the Division of Law Enforcement in the United 

 States Bureau of Fisheries. The combined warden force at 

 the disposal of both bureaus together totals less than 

 thirty men. 



Federal Enforcement Machinery: The federal enforce- 

 ment machinery is set in motion with the arrest by a United 

 States game protector of a violator of the federal game 

 laws. The accused is taken before the nearest United 

 States commissioner, charged with the offense and bound 

 over for trial. In cases where the accused is well known to 

 the arresting officer, the United States commissioner remote 

 from the scene, or the offence a minor one, the accused may 

 be released upon his promise to appear in court when sum- 

 moned, his guns being held by the protector as evidence in 

 the meanwhile. 



2 31 Stat. L. 1039. 3 40 stat. L. 755. 



4 35 Stat. L. 1137. 



