184 THE USE BOOK APPENDIX. 



WICHITA GAME REFUGE. 



ACT OF JANUARY 24,1905 (33 STAT., 614). 



The President of the United States is hereby authorized to desig- 

 nate such areas in the Wichita Forest Reserve 

 Game refuge. as should, in his opinion, be set aside for the 



protection of game animals and birds and be 

 recognized as a breeding place therefor. 



SEC. 2. That when such areas have been designated as provided 

 for in section one of this act, hunting, trapping, 

 uiated tlinS ' CtC *' reg " killing, or capturing of game animals and birds 

 upon the lands of the United States within the 

 limits of said areas shall be unlawful, except under such regula- 

 tions as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture; and any person violating such regulations or the pro- 

 visions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a 

 Penalty. misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction in 



any United States court of competent jurisdic- 

 tion, be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, or be 

 imprisoned for a period not exceeding one year, or shall suffer 

 both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.. 

 SEC. 3. That it is the purpose of this act to protect from trespass 

 the public lands of the United States and the 

 ame anim als and birds which may be thereon, 

 and not to interfere with the operation of the 

 local game laws as affecting private, State, or Territorial lands. 



ARRESTS. 



ACT OF FEBRUARY 6, 1905 (33 STAT., 700). 



All persons employed in the forest reserve and national park 

 service of the United States shall have authority 



to make arrests for the violation of the laws 



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and regulations relating to the forest reserves 



and national parks, and any person so arrested shall be taken 

 before the nearest United States commissioner, within whose 

 jurisdiction the reservation or national park is located, for trial; 

 and upon sworn information by any competent person any United 

 States commissioner in the proper jurisdiction shall issue process 

 for the arrest of any person charged with the violation of said laws. 



