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management and utilization of such reserves, and of the timber 

 and minerals therein, and, so far as the Parliament of Canada 

 has jurisdiction, of the animals and birds therein and the fish 

 in the waters therein, and for the prevention of trespass thereon. 



it. Such regulations shall be published for four consecutive 

 weeks in the Canada Gazette, and shall thereupon have the 

 same force and elTect as if herein enacted, and the said regula- 

 tions shall be laid before Parliament during the first fifteen days 

 of the then next session thereof. 



5. The Minister of the Interior may appoint forest rangers 

 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, and 

 every such ranger shall, for the purpose of this Act, have within 

 the district for which he is appointed all the powers of a justice of 

 the peace. 



6. Every such ranger shall, before acting in that capacity, 

 take and subscribe before a judge or notary public, or the Super- 

 intendent of Forestry or other person in charge of forestry for 

 Canada, an oath in the words following: — 



"I, A. B., a forest ranger in and for the district or territory 

 described in my appointment, do solemnly swear that, to the 

 best of my judgment, I will faithfully, honestly and impartially 

 fulfil, execute and perform the office and duty of such forest 

 ranger according to the true intent and meaning of the Dominion 

 Forest Reserves Act, and of all regulations made or to be made 

 thereunder; so help me God." 



7. The Governor in Council may exchange for any land 

 within any such reserve, the title to which is not vested in the 

 Crown in the right of Canada, available Dominion lands situated 

 outside the boundaries of such reserves, and where necessar}^ 

 may make compensation upon such exchange, and a cop}^ of 

 every order in council authorizing such exchange shall be laid 

 before Parliament during the first fifteen days of the then next 

 session thereof. 



8 . Where a road allowance within the boundaries of any such 

 reserve has been vested in the Crown in the right of the province 

 in which it is situated, or has passed under the control of the 

 executive authorities of the province, such road allowance may, 

 with the consent of the Lieutenant Governor of the province 

 in Council, be included in and form part of such reserve and 

 may be closed by any fence which may be erected for the en- 

 closure of such reserve, or any part thereof. 



9. Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Governor in 

 Council may cause to be established through and over any such 

 reserve such roads as are necessary for the convenience of the 

 public, and nothing in this Act or in any regulation made there- 



