Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-10-06
Rules for the Government of the State
Forestry Reservation Lands.

adopted by Resolution by the State Forestry
Reservation Commission, August 5, 1901
/. The game and fish laws of the State must
not be violated.
. Birds nests must not be destroyed or in any
other manner intertered with.
3. Open camp fires or other fires must not be
made, except in hole or pit one foot deep, en-
Circng the pit so made by the earth taken out.
4. Every camp fire or other open fire most be
absolutely extinguished before the last member
Of the party using il leaves the locality.
5. Lighted matches must not be thrown upon
the ground. In every case they must be allowed
to burn out or be otherwise eXtinguished.
6. Living trees must not he cut down or in
jured in any manner. Dead and down timber
may be used for camp fires.
:. No person will be permitted to erect camp
who has not accepted in writing the camping
rules ana received camping permit.
s. Every person receiving q camping permit
must report TO the Commissioner of Forestry at
Harrisburg, any violation of law of the rules
for the government of the State Forestry Reser-
yation Lands coming under his observation.
9. No permanent camp or other structure
may be erected on the Reservation.
10. The pre-emption of any ground as Especial
camp site to the exclusion of others who may de-
sire to camp near, and who have permission to
camp on State Lands, will not be permitted.
II. All persons who desire to picnic upon the
State Forestry Reservation Lands remaining for
q less time than day, and not over night, are
not regarded as campers and VIII not be required
to procure a camping permit, but will be govern
ed in all other respects by these rules
IL. During the month of November in each
hunting purposes on the State Forestry Reserya-
ton Lands, nor shall any such dog during that
month be taken by hunters into camps on said
lands.
13. The making of fires by hunters who stand
on deer or other "runways' is forbidden.
II. The placing of advertisements on the State
Forestry Reservation Lands Is prohibited.
Is. Superintendents, wardens, detectives, and
all other Reservation employees are required to
remove Immediately from State Lands all per-
sons who take deer running dogs thereon, and to
kill the dogs when found in pursuit of deer They
are also required to remove therefrom all per
sons who do not properly guard their camp or
other fires so as to prevent destruction of State
property by the starting of genaral forest fires,
or campers who do not have proper camping
permits.
All persons who desire to camp upon tho State
Forestry Reservation Lands must first apply to
the Commissioner of Forestry. A blank applica-
ton containing the rules for the government of
campers will be forwarded to the applicant, who
must sign and return the same to the Commits
soner. II in proper form, in the absence of other
objections, permit will then be granted.
Persons who violate the laws or any of the
above rules will subject themselves to immediate
arrest without warrant, to be dealt with accord
ing to law; and may be denied all future priyil-
eges of camping, hunting, or fishing on the State
Forestry Reservation Lands.
All State Forestry Reservation employees,
without first procuring warrant, are vested by
Act of Assembly with power to arrest on view all
persons detected by them in the act of respassing
upon any forest or timber land within the Com
mOnwealth, under such circumstances as to war
rant the reasonable suspicion that such persons
have committed are committing, or are about to
commit some oifense against any of the laws now
enacted or hereafter to be enacted for the pro-
lection of forest and timber lands. They are
likewise vested with similar powers of arrest in
the case of oifenses against these Rules, or for
otfenses committed against the laws for the pro-
lection of the fish and game found within the
State Forestry Reservations.
All constaDles are requested, in case fire occurs
within their townships, to notify the constables
of the adjacent townships toward which the fire
! is travelling.
COMMISSIONER oP FORESTRY.