Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 49 Part 2.djvu/1435

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PROCLAMATIONS, 1935. Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of watersheds of navi- gable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable streams,' and Acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, as should, in his opinion, be set aside for the protection of game ani- mals, birds, or fish; and whoever shall 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, except under such general rules and regula- tions as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time pr&cribe, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both"; WHEREAS certain lands in the State of Virginia now within the boundaries of the George Washington National Forest were acquired under said act of March 1, 1911; and 3449 WHEREAS the Secretary of Agriculture has recommended that the hereinafter-described area within the George Washington National Forest be established as a game sanctuary and refuge: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- sr!~t~ aside gaDH dent of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the . authority vested in me by the aforesaid act of August 11, 1916, do proclaim that the followin~-described area within the George Wash- mgton National Forest, VIrginia, be, and it is hereby, set aside and established as a game sanctuary and refuge: Beginning at a point approximately 0.3 of a mile north of Pkin, De8criptlon. Virginia, where the road from Pkin to Cold Spring Station intersects the right-of-way of the Norfolk & Western railroad; thence in a northerly direction along the right-of-way of the Norfolk & Western railroad for a distance of apj>roximately 0.3 of a mile to South River, sometimes called St. Mary River; thence up South River in an east- erly direction for a distance of approxiIn:ately 0.2 of a mile to a point where the river intersects the road leading from Pkin to Cold Spring Station; thence in a northerly direction along the Pkin-Cold Spring Station road for a distance of approximately 5.6 miles to a point where said road intersects Virginia State Road No. 660; thence in an easterly direction along the Cold Sprin~ Station-8tuarts Draft road for a distance of approximately 7.4 miles to a point about 1 mile south of Stuarts Draft where this road intersects the Howardsville turnpike, designated. as Virginia State Road No. 610; tlience southeasterly along said road no. 610 for a distance of about 0.4 of a mile to a j>Oint where this road is intersected by the road lead.insr to Mountain Lake; thence in a southeasterly direction on the road leading to Mountain Lake for a distance of approximately 0.7 of a mile to a point at the southwest corner of said lake; thence in an easterly direction along an old road on the south side of said lake for a distance of approxi- mately' 2 miles to a point where this road intersects the Howardsville turnpike; thence in an easterly direction along the Howardsville turnpike for a distance of approximately 1 mile to a point where this road intersects Virginia State Road No. 633; thence in a northerly direction along Virginia State Road No. 633 for a distance of approXI- mately 1 mile to Beula Church, where said road intersects Virginia State Road No. 634; thence easterly along said road no. 634 to a point where it intersects the Howardsville turnpike, designated Vir- ginia State Road No. 610; thence in an easterly direction along said road no. 610 for a distance of approximately 1 mile to a point where this road intersects Virginia State Road No. 664; thence in a southerly direction along State road no. 664 for a distance of approximately 8.6 104019·--3G--1~ 11----89