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the consent of the Forest Service. The Forest Service must be gov- 

 erned iii its enforcement of the game laws by the attitude of the State 

 officials. Furthermore, such assistance must be subordinated to the 

 regular protective and administrative work of the Forest Service. In 

 no instance will additional officers be employed for this purpose. 

 Officers will not be retained for periods of the year during which they 

 are not required for other duties or stationed in parts of Forests where 

 they are not otherwise needed in order to protect game. The time 

 spent and expenditures incurred must be limited to such as will cause 

 no serious interference with regular work. Assistance in the enforce- 

 ment of the game laws within the National Forests of each district, 

 by members of the Forest Sen-ice, will be in accordance with definite 

 instructions issued by the district forester, who in issuing such instruc- 

 tions will be governed by the following general statement of policy. 



In States which have enacted adequate laws for the protection of 

 game and where such laws are fully and conscientiously enforced by 

 the State officers, the Forest Service will carry the work of enforcing 

 the game laws to the highest point of efficiency attainable within the 

 limitations specified above. To accomplish this the district forester 

 may, at his discretion, agree with the proper State officers upon a 

 definite plan of cooperation with stipulation of the conditions under 

 which forest officers will accept appointments as deputy State game 

 wardens, and will enforce the State laws through the arrest and prose- 

 cution of persons found to be violating such laws. Such a 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 whichforest officers subscribe. The 

 point at which the work of game protection will be subordinated 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 cognizance of apparent 

 violations of the game law, and it should be made clear that the forest 

 officer will be expected to exercise the 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 recommendation 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 law T s which may come 

 to his attention and to furnish the local authorities with all informa- 

 tion and assistance essential to the enforcement of the law, but not to 

 make arrests or initiate prosecutions unless commissioned as deputy 

 game warden. 



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