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

 before the nearest United States commissioner, within whose juris- 

 diction 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 and 

 regulations; but nothing herein contained shall be construed as pre- 

 venting the arrest by any officer of the United States, without 

 process, of any person taken in the act of violating said laws and 

 regulations. 



Enforcement of laws. 



Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 259) ; sec. 553, title 16, U. S. C. 



Hereafter officials of the Forest Service designated by the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture shall, in all ways that are practicable, aid in the 

 enforcement of the laws of the States and Territories with regard 

 to stock, for the prevention and extinguishment of forest fires, and 

 for the protection of fish and game, and, with respect to national 

 forests, shall aid the other Federal bureaus and departments, on 

 request from them, in the performance of the duties imposed on them 

 by law. 



Administering oaths. 



Sec. 93, title 5, U. S. C. 



Any officer or clerk of any of the departments lawfully detailed 

 to investigate frauds on, or attempts to defraud, the Government, 

 or any irregularity or misconduct of any officer or agent of the 

 United States, and any officer of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or 

 Coast Guard, detailed to conduct an investigation, and the recorder, 

 and if there be none the presiding officer, of any military, naval, or 

 Coast Guard board appointed for such purpose, shall have authority 

 to administer an oath to any witness attending to testify or depose 

 in the course of such investigation. 



Act of January 31, 1925 (43 Stat. 803) ; sec. 521, title 5, U. S. C. 



Such officers, agents, or employees of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture of the United States as are designated by the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture for the purpose are authorized and empowered to administer 

 to or take from any person, an oath ? affirmation, or affidavit when- 

 ever such oath, affirmation, or affidavit is for use in any prosecution 

 or proceeding under or in the enforcement of any law committed 

 to or which may be committed to the Secretary of Agriculture or 

 the Department of Agriculture or any bureau or subdivision thereof 

 for administration. Any such oath, affirmation, or affidavit admin- 

 istered or taken by or before such officer, agent, or employee when 

 certified under his hand and authenticated by the seal of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture may be offered or used in any court of the 

 United States and shall have like force and effect as if administered 

 or taken before a clerk of such court without further proof of the 

 identity or authority of such officer, agent, or employee. 



