§ 693. — Game sanctuaries and refuges in Ouachita 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: 16USC693]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
Sec. 693. Game sanctuaries and refuges in Ouachita National
Forest
For the purpose of providing breeding places and for the protection
and administration of game animals, birds, and fish, the President of
the United States is authorized, upon the recommendation of the
Secretary of Agriculture, to establish by public proclamation certain
specified areas within the Ouachita National Forest as game sanctuaries
and refuges.
(June 13, 1933, ch. 63, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 128.)
Presidential Designation
Areas comprising the Quachita National Wildlife Preserve, formerly
known as the Muddy Creek Refuge, were designated by Proclamations of
Mar. 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 3439), and Oct. 29, 1938 (53 Stat. 2495).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 693a of this title.
