The Coconino sun., 1916-04-14
HAYDEN WOULD CREATE
 MORE GAME SANCTUARIES


 There is a growing disposition
 among the people of the west that
 they have been reserved, monument
 ed and power-sited and withdrawn"
 in great sufficiency by the govern
 ment All they require now is a gee
 string and an official to supervise
 them. The full text of the bill is as
 follows:
 Be it enacted by the Senate and
 House of Representative of the Unit
 ed States of America in Congress
 assembled, That for the purpose of
 providing breeding places for game
 animals on lands in the national for
 ests not chiefly suitable for agricul-
 ture the President of the United
 States is hereby authorized, upon re-
 commendation 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 procla-
 nation, certain specified areas within said forests as game sanctuaries or refugees which shall be devoted to the increase of games of all kinds natural ally adapted thereto, but it is not in- tended that the lands included in such game sanctuaries or refugees shall cease to be part of the national forests wherein they are located, and the establishment of such game sanctu- aries or refugees shall not prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from per hitting grazing on these areas of cattle, sheep, and other domestic animals or permitting other uses of the national forests under and in con formity 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 refugees are authorized to be established.
 Sec. 2. That when such game sane tuaries or refuges have been estab lished, as provided in section one of this Act, hunting, pursuing, poison ing, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or at tempting to hunt, pursue, kill, or cap ture 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 re- fuges 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 misde- meanor and shall upon conviction in any United States court be fined in a sum not exceeding $500, or be impris oned for a period not exceeding six or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, in the discreation of the court.
 Sec. That the Secretary of Agri- culture shall execute the provisions of this Act, and he is hereby authorized to make all needful rules and regula- tions for the administration of such game santuaries or refugees in accord ance with the purpose of this Act, in- ; cluding regulations under which fish ing not in contravention of State laws, | and hunting, capturing, or killing pre- datory animals, such as wolves, coyo- tes, 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 Agri- culture shall cause the boundaries of all game santuaries or refuges estab- | lished under the provisions of this Act to be suitably marked where necessary and notices to be posted the location thereof and warning the public that hunting game animals and birds is prohibited there in, and that hunting, capturing, or killing predatory animals, and fishing is permitted only under the rules and of the Secretary of Agri- culture.
 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 spe- cies, which may be made to produce an increased food supply by breeding | under natural conditions and spread ing over adjacent territory whereon they may be hunted in accordance with State laws; to establish sanctu- aries of medium size rather than large and whenever possible to establish chains of sanctuaries which | in turn will restore wild game animals to intervening territory; but it is not