§ 682. — Game refuge in Ozark National Forest.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC682]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
Sec. 682. Game refuge in Ozark National Forest
The President of the United States is authorized to designate such
national forest lands within the Ozark National Forest, within the State
of Arkansas, as should, in his discretion, be set aside for the
protection of game animals, birds, or fish; and, except under such rules
and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time
prescribe, it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, catch, trap,
willfully disturb, or kill any kind of game animal, game or nongame
bird, or fish, or take the eggs of any such bird on any lands so set
aside, or in or on the waters thereof.
(Feb. 28, 1925, ch. 376, 43 Stat. 1091; Aug. 11, 1945, ch. 365, 59 Stat.
531; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, Sec. 12, 62 Stat. 861.)
Amendments
1948--Act June 25, 1948, struck out penal provisions (see section 41
of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure), and inserted provision
relating to the unlawfulness in hunting, catching, etc., game animals,
etc., under rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture.
1945--Act Aug. 11, 1945, struck out last sentence which read ``No
lands within the present limits of the fourth congressional district
shall be included in such designations.''
Effective Date of 1948 Amendment
Section 20 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the amendment made by
that act is effective Sept. 1, 1948.
Presidential Designation
Lands comprising the Ozark National Game Refuge were designated by
Proclamations of June 13, 1928 (45 Stat. 2953), and Oct. 25, 1935 (49
Stat. 3478).
