Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection
§ 692. Game sanctuaries or refuges in Ocala National Forest; creation
Statutory text
The President of the United States is authorized to designate as game refuges such lands of the United States within the Ocala National Forest, in the State of Florida, as in his judgment should be set aside for the protection of game animals and birds, but it is not intended that the lands so designated shall cease to be parts of the national forest within which they are located, and the establishment of such game sanctuaries or refuges shall not prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from permitting other uses of the lands under and in conformity with the laws and regulations applicable thereto so far as such uses may be consistent with the purposes for which such game sanctuaries or refuges are established.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 71–709 § 1 · 46 Stat. 827
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 692
(June 28, 1930, ch. 709, § 1, 46 Stat. 827.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 28, 1930, ch. 709, § 1, 46 Stat. 827.)
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Executive Documents
Presidential Designation
Lands comprising the Ocala National Game Refuge were designated by Proclamation of (46 Stat. 3031), and Executive Order No. 5814 of .
Credits
(June 28, 1930, ch. 709, § 1, 46 Stat. 827.)