GAME REFUGES 



House of Representatives, 

 Subcommittee of Committee on Agriculture, 



Saturday, June 17, 1916. 

 The subcommittee, consisting of Hon. H. M. Jacoway, Hon. John 

 V. Lesher, Hon. M. K. Reilly, Hon. James C. McLaughlin, and Hon. 

 W. W. Wilson, this day met, Hon. H. M. Jacoway (chairman) pre- 

 siding. 



Mr. Jacoway. The subcommittee has under consideration to-day 

 H. R. 11712, introduced by Mr. Hayden, and I will ask that the bill 

 be printed at this point in the record. 



[H. R. 11712, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session.] 

 A BILL To establish game sanctuaries in 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, That for the purpose of providing breeding places for game 

 animals on lands in the national forests not chiefly suitable for agric ulture the President 

 of the United States is hereby authorized, upon recommendation 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 it is not intended that 

 the lands included in such game sanctuaries or refuges shall cease to be part of the 

 national forests wherein they are located, and the establishment of such game sanc- 

 tuaries or refuges shall not prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from permitting 

 grazing on these areas of cattle, sheep, and other domestic animals or permitting 

 other uses of the national forests under and in conformity with the laws and the rules 

 and regulations applicable thereto, so far as such use may be consistent with the 

 purposes for which such game sanctuaries or refuges are authorized to be established. 



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

 provided in section one of this act, hunting, pursuing, poisoning, killing, or capturing 

 by trapping, netting, or any other means, or attempting to hunt, pursue, kill, or 

 capture any wild animals or birds or fish for any purpose whatever upon the lands 

 of the United States within the limits of said game sanctuaries or refuges shall be 

 unlawful except as hereinafter provided, and any person violating any provision of 

 this act or any of the rules and regulations made under the 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 $500, or be imprisoned for a period not exceed- 

 ing 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 provisions of this act, 

 and he is hereby authorized to make all needful rules and regulations for the admin- 

 istration of such i>ame sanctuaries or refuges in accordance with the purpose of this 

 act, including regulations under which fishing not in contravention of State laws, and 

 hunting, capturing, or killing predatory animals, such as wolves, coyotes, foxes, 

 pumas, and other species destructive to live stock or wild life may be permitted 

 within the limits of said game sanctuaries or refuges. 



Sec 4. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause the boundaries of all game 

 sanctuaries or refuges established under the provisions of this act to be suitably marked 

 where necessary and notices to be posted showing the location thereof and warning 

 the public that hunting game animals and birds is prohibited therein, and that hunt- 

 ing, capturing, or killing predatory animals, and fishing is permitted only under the 

 rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



