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 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cue. 7j14, 745. 1926. 82]. promulgated by the Secmtaryyof the Interior with reference tothe manaigexnent and ctre of tho. park, or fora thefprotection of the pro§rty»thm.gein, ion the preservation ~from injurgunr spoliation of tim r, natural curiosities, oxvother objects wi ' ·8l»1d.·&&I‘k or for the protectionnsf the anima1s,.birds, and fish in saidpar, shall be dzomedzguilty ofia miedemeanoxnand shall: be subjected to a fine of lnottili more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding six months or 0 1 V ¤ Sac. 6.-That ·all‘parts of township 17 south, ranges 31 and 32 G§§,‘g“§§§,g§°°‘°““ east, and township 18 south, ranged 31 east, Mount·D1.ab1o base and L¤¤<1¤ <iw¢¤m<i¤¤» meridian, which ` are north of the hydrographic divide faxing through Farewell Ga, and which are not added to an made part of the Sequoia Ifational Park by the provisions of; this Act, are herehy designated as the Sequoia National Game Refuge, and ,¤;’¤ggg**;g1*i{g·{),,{¤d·;¤_{; the huntmg, trapping, killin? orscapt ' of birds and game or wzxés¤i}m1§,¤¤nw:un. other wild animals upon the ands o the  nited States awitbin the limits of the said area shall be unlawful, exce t under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time gy the Secretary of Agricnltiirg and any persons violating such regulations or the *°‘”""*‘“‘°“°‘°‘· provi ions of this section shall `be deemed 'lty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction in any United bgtzltes court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in a   not exceeding $1,000, or `by imniwsonmentcfoii a period not   one year, or shall suffer bot line and imprisonment, inthe discretion of the oourt:eProm2ied, ,q¤·;m*•e_;, 0, mm That it is the  of this section to protect from trespass the 1¤•d· Enblic lands o the United States and the game animals which may thereon, and not tc interafem with the o eration of the local §sme. laws as nfecting private or State·laud)¤: Provided jierthsr, Lmdmmn { hat thelands included in said game refuge shall oontinuetto {be sequin. Namuiuiuéig parts of the Sequoia National Forest-and nothingeontained in this °°‘·'°‘“"”"’°“’°'· section shall prevent the Secregzg of Agriculture from other uses of said lands under inieonformity with the laws an the rules and reiilations applicable thereto so far new may be consistent with e purposes, for which said game refuge is established. » A ` a Approved, July 3, 1926. ` Ju 3,1 . CHAP. 745.-An Act To provide for the leasing of public lands in Alaska for iH¥yR·$g§l fur farming, and for other purposes. ' [Pub N°·*°°· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative: of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary   I I d I of the Interior in order to encourage and {remote developments of um mxgmgirizi. n' production of iurs in the Territoig of Alas in, is hereby authorized to lease to corporations onganize under the laws of the United States, or of any State or erritory thex·eof,»citizena cf the ’U¤ited St8tBS,~OI' associations of such citizens,] public lands of the United States in the Territory of Alaska suite le for fur farming, in areas urge. time ¤¤·1 not exceeding si; hundred and-iforty acres, and for periods not ` exceeding ten {years; upon such terms and conditions as heemay by eneral regula ions rescribe: Provided, That where leases are given {:;•;*g¤·•Lm umm gereunder for islands 01* lands within the same such lease may, in the uw. discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be for an area not to exceedthirty square miles: Provided further, That nothing herein  ¤°° 1*** contained shall prevent the prospecting, locating, development, enter- ` ing, leasing, or patenting of the mineralaesources of any lends so leased under laws applicable thereto: Ami provided f·m‘the¢,·That c,u*Q,'0‘gf*°' kmds °*· this Act- shellmot be held nor construed to apply to the Pribilof v¤1.36.¤·3¥¢- Islands, declared a special reservations by the Act of Congress