Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-06-28
PRAISES PARKS BILL.
The American Field and Sportman's
Journal, of New York, in Favor
Of Game Preserves.

journal, OF New York, In Favor
of Game Preserves.
A recent issue of the American Field
and Sportsman's Journal has the follow
ing regarding the game preserve bill
introduced by State Senator ]. F. Parks
at the last session Of the Legislature
and will be noted by the following
praises for Mr.. Parks for this action and
suggests more OF such reserves in the
United States:
"Not 30 many years ago South Dakota
was inhabited by Indians and large
game, and as for game birds of all kinds
it was territory of unlimited sport for
those that enjoyed the shooting that the
vast Dakota prairies afforded. When
someone would state that some day the
game would disappear said statement
would be ridiculed and scoffed, but the
truth of this belief is already apparent,
and the State of South Dakota has done
wise thing in establishing game pre-
serve before it is too late, and credit is
due Senator ]. F. Parks, of Hot Springs,
South Dakota, for introducing bill and
securing its adoption, creating a game
preserve that covers a tract of land
twelve miles long by eight miles wide,
in Custer county, South Dakota. The
bill was known as s. B. No. 33S, and en-
titled "a Bill for an act entitled An Act
Creating State Game Preserve Com.
posed of the Indemnity School Lands
Now Owned or Hereafter to be Acquired
in Custer County, Providing for the
Fencing and Administration of Such
Game Preserve, and Appropriating
Money Out of the Special Game Fund
to Carry Out the Provisions of this Act"
State game refugees will do more to in
crease the game of state, and induce
game to breed within state, than the
same number, or more, of state game
farms. The country should be dotted
from one end to the other with state
and national government owned game
refugees; for effective game conservation
it is the solution Of the question"
Inasmuch as every state should estab.
lsh state game preserves, or game
asylums," the Parks bill may be ofinter.
est, and it is given hereunder:
Be it enacted by the Legislature ofthe
state of South Dakota:
Section THAT there be and is here
by created within Custer county in this
state game preserve to be known as
"The State Game Preserve" to be COM
posed of the public lands now owned or
which may be hereafter acquired within
township number three (3) south, range
number six (6) east, and township num-
ber four (4) south. range number six (6)
east, and the east two tiers of sections in
townships three (3) and four (4) south
of range five (5) east, all of the Black
Hills Meridian located, situated and be.
ing in Custer County, South Dakota,
which lands above described are indem-
nifty school lands.
Section at shall be the duty Of the
commissioner of school and public lands
to inclose all of the foregoing tract with
In fence to be constructed of woven wire
mesh not less than FIVE (5) feet in height
with three (3) or more strands of barbed
wire above such mesh fence, and to keep
and maintain said fence and all gates in
a good and sufficient state of repair.
For the purpose of constructing and
completing such fence, there is hereby
appropriated out of the moneys in the
state treasury in the special game fund
the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8-
0O0), or so much thereof as may be
necessary for that purpose.
Section 3.-After inclosing such game
preserve with such fence, it shall be the
duty of the commissioner of school and
public lands, conformity with the state
game warden to provide for stocking
and to stock such game preserve with
game animals and birds, and the streams
within the same with game fish. For
the purpose of carrying out the pro.
visions of this section, there is hereby
the sum of seven thousand
dollars $4,000 out of the moneys in
the state treasury in the special game
fund.
Section AFTER the establishment of
such game preserve, it shall be the duty
of the State Game Warden to cooper
ate with the Commissioners of School
and Public Lands in the administration
of such game preserve, and provide for
the protection of the game animals, birds
and fish within the same.
Section Sit shall be unlawful for
any person to hunt or fish within the
limits of such game preserve.
Section 6.-An itemized statement of
the expenses incurred in carrying into
effect the provisions of this act shall be
filed with the Governor and copy
thereof with the Auditor of this state,
and the Auditor is hereby authorized to
draw his warrant upon itemized vouch-
ers upon the game fund in the hands of
the State Treasurer in payment of the
same.
Approved March IL, 1918.