Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 56 Part 1.djvu/165

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56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 151-MIAR. 6 , 1942 addition to the other punishment prescribed in this Act. Such for- feited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by and under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the forfeiture of teams, horses, or other means of transportation shall be in the discretion of the court. SEC. 5 . Upon the recommendation and approval of the Secretary of the Interior of a qualified candidate, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington shall appoint a park commissioner, who shall have jurisdiction to hear and act upon all complaints made of any violations of law or of the rules and regula- tions made by the Secretary of the Interior for the government of the park and for the protection of the animals, birds, and fish, and objects of interest therein, and for other purposes authorized by this Act. Such commissioner shall have power, upon sworn information, to issue process in the name of the United States for the arrest of any person charged with a violation of the rules and regulations, or with a violation of any of the provisions of this Act prescribed for the government of the park and for the protection of the animals, birds, and fish in the park, and to try the person so charged, and, if found guilty, to impose punishment and to adjudge the forfeiture prescribed. In all cases of conviction an appeal shall lie from the judgment of the commissioner to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; and the district court shall prescribe the rules of procedure and practice for the commissioner in the trial of cases and for appeal to the district court. SEC. 6. The park commissioner shall also have power to issue process, as hereinbefore provided, for the arrest of any person charged with the commission within the park of any criminal offense not covered by the provisions of section 3 of this Act, to hear the evidence introduced, and, if he is of the opinion that probable cause is shown for holding the person so charged, for trial, shall cause such person to be safely conveyed to a secure place of confinement within the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Western Dis- trict of Washington, and certify a transcript of the record of his proceedings and the testimony in such case to the said district court, which court shall have jurisdiction of the case. The park commis- sioner shall have authority to grant bail in all cases according to the laws of the United States. SEC. 7. The park commissioner shall be paid an annual salary as appropriated for by Congress. SEC. 8. All fees, costs, and expenses arising in cases under this Act and properly chargeable to the United States shall be certified. approved, and paid as are like fees, costs, and expenses in the courts of the United States. SEC. 9. All fees, fines, costs, and expenses imposed and collected shall be deposited by the commissioner, or by the marshal of the United States collecting the same, with the clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. SEC. 10. The Secretary of the Interior shall notify in writing the Governor of the State of Washington of the passage and approval of this Act, and of the fact that the United States assumes police jurisdiction over the park. Upon the acceptance by the Secretary of the Interior of further cessions of jurisdiction over lands now or hereafter included in the Olympic National Park. the provisions of sections 2 to 9, inclusive, shall apply to such lands. Approved, March 6, 1942. 137 Proviso. Park commissioner. Appointment and jurisdiction. Judicial powers. Appeals. Procedure in other cases. Bail. Pay of conlmis- siolnr. Fees, costs, amll el- pWIlly~s. Deposit of collec- tions. Notice of acceptance ofjurisdiction.