Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1920-01-10
GAME SANCTUARY BILL
Copy of Bill introduced in Congress by H.
L. Candy Sent to P. H. Helm,
of hot Springs.

A copy of the bill introduced in Con.
gress by Ii. l.. Candy has been sent
from Washington to State Senator p. Il.
Helm, of Hot Springs, and reads Gs fol-
lows:
A BILL
For the creation of the Custer State
Park Game Sanctuary, in the State Of
South Dakota, and for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress Assembled.
That the President Of the United States
is hereby authorized to designate as the
Custer State Park Game Sanctuary such
areas, not exceeding thirty thousand
acres Of the Harney National Forest,
and adjoiEing or in the vicinity of the
Custer State Park, in the State Of South
Dakota, as should, in his opinion, be sci
aside for the promotion of game animals
and birds aud be recognized as breed
ing place thereof
Section 2 That when such areas
have been designated as provided for in
Section ! Of this Act, hunting, trapping,
killing, or capturing of game animals or
birds upon the lands of the United
States within the limits of said areas shall
be unlawful, except under such regula-
tions as may be prescribed from time to
time by the Secretary Of Agriculture;
and any person violating such regula
tions or the provisions of this act shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and shall upon conviction in any United
States Court of competent jurisdiction,
be fined in the sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars or be imprisoned for
period not exceeding one year, or shall
suffer both fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the court.
Section g. That it is the purpose of
this Act to protect from trespass the
public lands of the United States and
the game animals and birds which may
be thereon, and not to interfere with
the operation of the local game laws as
affecting private, State or territorial
lands
Section l. The State Of South Oak ota
is hereby authorized and permitted to
erect and maintain good substantial
fence, inclosing in whole or in part
such areas as may be designated and set
aside by the President under the au
thority of Section /. The State shall
erect and maintain such gates ia this
fence as may be required by the author
lied agents of the Federal Government
in administering this game sanctuary
and the adjoining National Forest lands,
and may erect aud maintain such addi-
tional enclosures as may be agreed upon
with the Secretary of Agriculture. The
right of the State to maintain this fence
shall continue so long as the area desig-
mated by the President as a game sane.
tuary is also given similar protection by
the laws of the State of South Dakota.
Section s. Upon recommendation of
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secre.
tary of the Interior may convey to the
State of South Dakota patent TO not TO
exceed sixteen hundred acres of the Ma
tioual Forest lands within the areas sci
aside by the President under the au-
thority OF Section /. Provided, the
State of South Dakota conveys to the
Government good and sufficient title to
other land of equal value owned by the
State and lying within the exterior
boundaries of the National Forest in the
State Of South Dakota and approved by
the Secretary of Agriculture as equally
desirable for National Forest purposes,
the lands thus conveyed to the Govern
ment to become part of the National
Forest; Provided, however, that this
authority shall not operate to restrict
any selection rights which the State
may have or be hereafter, granted, ex-
cepting as to the specific lands conveyed
TO the Government under authority of
this act.