FOREST SERVICE. HI 



Proclnni.ition by tho President, June 2. 1905. 34 Stat. 3002, designating 

 and setting aside Witchita Forest lieserve for the in-otection of game 

 animals and birds and as a breeding place therefor, under the act cited 

 above, is set forth below. 



PROCLAMATION JUNE 2, 1905. (34 Stat. 3062.) 



Wichita Forest Reserve set aside for protection as breeding place for game 

 animals and birds. 



Whereas, it is provided bj^ the act of Congress, approved Janu- 

 ary twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and five, entitled, "An Act for 

 the protection of wild animals and birds in the Wichita Forest Ke- 

 serve," That the President of the United States is hereby authorized 

 to designate such areas in the Wichita Forest Reserve as should, in 

 his opinion, be set aside for the protection of game animals and birds 

 and be recognized as a breeding place therefor. 



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And whereas, for the purpose of giving this Act effect, it appears 

 desirable that the entire Wichita Forest Reserve be declared a Game 

 Preserve ; 



Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United 

 States, by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid Act of 

 Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that the Wichita 

 Forest Reserve, in the Territory of Oklahoma, is designated and set 

 aside for the protection of game animals and birds, and shall be 

 recognized as a breeding place therefor, and that the hunting, trap- 

 ping, killing or capturing of game animals and birds upon the lands 

 of the United States within the limits of said area is unlawful, ex- 

 cept under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time 

 by the Secretary of Agriculture. 



In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the 

 seal of the United States to be affixed. 



Done at the City of Washington this 2nd day of June, in the year 

 of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of the Inde- 

 pendence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth. 



T. Roosevelt. 

 Proclamation Jnne 2, 1905, 34 Stat. .3062. 



Act January 25, 1905, c. 137, mentioned in this proclamation, is set 

 forth above. 



ACT JUNE 29, 1906, c. 3593. ^Vn act for the protection of wild animals in the 

 Grand Canyon Forest Reserve. (34 Stat. 607.). 



Authority to set aside areas in Grand Canyon Forest Reserve for protection as 

 breeding place for game animals. 



That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to 

 desi^ate such areas in the Grand Canyon Forest Reserve as should, 

 in his opinion, be set aside for the protection of game animals and be 

 recognized as a breeding place therefor. 



Act June 29, 1906, c. 3593, s. 1, 34 Stat. 607. 



Hunting, etc., and capturing game animals within areas set aside, prohibited; 

 penalty. 



Sec. 2. That when such areas have been designated as provided in 

 section one of this Act, hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing of 

 game animals upon the lands of the United States within the limits 

 of said areas shall be unlawful, except under such regulations as may 



