THE CHAMBERLAIN -HAYDEN BILL 



(S. 3044. H. R. 6881.) 



INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS ON JANUARY 4th, 1916, by SENA- 

 TOR GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN OF OREGON AND 

 REPRESENTATIVE CARL HAYDEN OF ARIZONA 



A Bill to Establish Game Sanctuaries on National Forests, and for other 

 purposes. 



Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

 United States of America in Congress Assembled, 



Sec.^ 1. — That for the purpose of providing breeding places for 

 game animals and creating an increased food supply in the National For- 

 ests the President of the United States is hereby authorized, upon recom- 

 mendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, and with the approval of the 

 Governors of the States in which the respective National Forests are 

 located, to establish by public proclamation certain specified areas within 

 said Forests as game sanctuaries or refuges which shall be devoted to 

 the increase of game of all kinds naturally adapted thereto ; but the estab- 

 lishment of these sanctuaries or refuges shall not prevent the Secretary 

 of Agriculture from allowing grazing on these areas of cattle, sheep and 

 other domestic animals under such regulations as he may prescribe ; 

 provided, That said sanctuaries or refuges shall be established on lands 

 not chiefly suitable for agriculture. 



Sec. 2. — That when such sanctuaries or refuges have been established, 

 as provided in Section 1 of this Act, hunting, pursuing, poisoning, killing 

 or capturing by trapping, netting, or by other means, or attempting to 

 hunt, pursue, kill or capture any wild animals or birds for any purpose 

 whatever upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said 

 sanctuaries, shall be unlawful except as hereinafter provided, and any 

 person violating such regulations or provisions of this Act shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction in any United States 

 court, be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by im- 

 prisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or shall suffer both 

 fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court. 



• Sec. 3. — That the Secretary of Agriculture shall execute the pro- 

 visions of this Act, and he is hereby authorized to make all needful rules 

 and regulations for the administration of the lands included in such game 

 sanctuaries in accordance with the purposes of this Act, including regu- 

 lations under which fishing within the limits of game sanctuaries may 

 be permitted but not in contravention of state laws, and predatory ani- 

 mals, such as wolves, coyotes, foxes, pumas, and other species as may 

 be destructive to live stock or wild life may be captured or killed. 



Sec. 4. — That the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause the boundaries 

 of all game sanctuaries established under the provisions of this Act to 

 be suitably marked where necessary, and notices to be posted showing the 

 location of the sanctuary, and warning the public that hunting therein is 

 prohibited except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed. 



Sec. 5. — That it is the purpose of this Act to provide breeding places 

 for large wild animals such as deer, elk, mountain sheep and other species 

 which may be made to produce a new food supply by breeding under 

 natural conditions and spreading over adjacent territory whereon they may 

 be hunted in accordance with State laws ; to establish sanctuaries of medi- 

 um size rather than large preserves; and whenever possible to establish 

 chains of sanctuaries which in time will restore wild game animals to 

 intervening territory ; but it is not the purpose to extend the areas of 

 such sanctuaries or refuges in such manner as to close surrounding hunt- 

 ing grounds. 



