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Biological Survey for the signature of the Forester requesting this 

 cooperation. 



GAME AND BIRD REFUGES. 



Four Classes. 



Four different classes of game and bird refuges may be included 

 within the National Forests: National game refuges or areas in 

 which the killing of game animals is prohibited by acts of Congress; 

 National bird refuges or areas in which the killing of birds is pro- 

 hibited by acts of Congress; State game preserves, or areas in which 

 the killing of game is prohibited by the legislature of the State or 

 Territory; and protected areas or areas closed to the grazing of all 

 classes of stock in order to protect game in its natural feeding or 

 breeding grounds, but where hunting is allowed by the State laws. 

 National Game Refuges. 



National game refuges are created b} T specific acts of Congress for 

 the purpose of preventing trespass upon public lands hi order to 



Erotect game and birds. Within a National game refuge local gams 

 iws apply only on private, State, or Territorial lands. 



Authority of Rangers. 



The hunting, trapping, capturing, or killing of game animals upon 

 a National game refuge in violation of any of the regulations for 

 their protection prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture under 

 the authority of the statute creating it is a violation of the statute, 

 and offenders will be tried in the United States district courts and 

 not in the State or Territorial courts. Under authority granted by 

 Congress, rangers are empowered to arrest persons violating National 

 game refuge regulations. 

 Arrests. 



In making arrests forest officers must be certain that the hunting, 

 trapping, capturing, or killing of the game animals took place upon 

 Government land within the limits of the National game refuge and 

 not upon land in private, State, or Territorial ownership, and must 

 be prepared to prove these facts before the United States commis- 

 sioner and in subsequent court proceedings. 

 Game wardens. 



When a game warden is appointed from the United States Civil 

 Service list for a game preserve within a National Forest he may be 

 designated as acting supervisor and be placed in charge of the Forest, 

 but game* wardens who are not placed in charge of a Forest will 

 work under instructions from the supervisor the same as other 

 forest officers. 



National Bird Refuges. 



National bird refuges have been created under authority of an 

 act of Congress, by Executive proclamation or order. The hunting, 

 trapping, capturing, willfully disturbing, or killing any bird of any 

 kind whatever or taking the eggs of such birds on any lands of tha 

 United States within National bird refuges in violation of any of 

 the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture is a vio- 

 lation of the statute. Legal procedure and action on the part of 

 forest officers in cases of violation of the regulations on National 

 bird refuges will be the same as on National game refuges. 



