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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. l97. 1916. 245 or other matter or th` growing or being thereon or situated therein, shall be deemed tlgrrilliygof a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a line of not more an $500 or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, and be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings. Sec. 5. That all guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transporta- ,_,,f,g"§‘,‘,§'° °‘ ¢‘“”· tion of every nature or description used b any person or persons ’ within said park limits when in trapping, ensnaring, or wild beasts, b or an` sh be forfeited to the nited tates and may be seized by the officers in said park and held pending the prosecution of any person or persons arrested under charge of violating the provisions o this Act, and upon conviction under this Act of such person or persons using said guns, traps, teams, horses, or other means of transportation such orfeiture shall be adifiudicated as a penalty in addition to the other punishment provided in this Act. Such forfeited property shall be disposed of and §counted for by and under the authority of the Secretary of the tenor. sm. 6. inst the United seas nearer com for are waam District of Washington shall Asipgoint a commissioner whoshall ·°“‘~ reside in the pgl: and who sh ave jurisdiction to hear and act upon all comp ts made of any violations of law or of the rules and regulations made by the Secretary of the Interior for theirggvemment of the park and for the protection of the animals, ‘b' , and gshhirigckmbjects of interest therein, and for other purposes authorized y at · Such commissioner shall have Bower, répon sworn information, to v§,}L‘}_{g.,}’°,,§]';'§f.,“,KF'_ issue process in the name of the nited tates for the arrest of any person charged with the commission of any misdemeanor, or charged with a violation of the rules and regulations, or with a violation of any of the provisions of this Act prescribed for the gpvemment of said park and for the protection of the animals, bir , and fish in said park, and to try the person so charged, and, if founbcgfuilty, to impose punishment and to adjudge the forfeiture prescri . n all cases of conviction an agpeal shall lie from the jud%ent of *""""· said commissioner to the United tates District Court for the estern District of Washington, and the United States district court in said district shall prescribe the rules of procedure and ractice for said commissioner in the trial of cases and for appealp to said United States district court. mh Sec. 7. That any such commissioner shall also have power to www in °' issue process as hereinbefore provided for the arrest of any person charged with the commission within said boundaries of anglgzrrniinal offense not covered by the provisions of section four of t ° Act to hear the evidence introduced, and if he is of opinion that probable cause is shown for holding the person so charge for trial shall cause such person to be safely conveypd to a secure place of confinement within the jurisdiction of the nited States District for the Western District of Washington, and certify a transcript of the record of his proceedings and the testimony in the case to said court, which court shall have jurisdiction of the case: Provided, That the said commissioner shall grant bail in all cases bailable under} the laws of the United States or of said State. _ _ smh 0, pmm Sec. 8. That all rocess issued by the commissioner shall ` directed to the marshal of the United States for the western district of Washington, but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the arrest by any omcer or employee of the Qovernment or any person employed y the United States in the pohcing of said reservation within said boundaries without process of any rson taken in the act of violating the law or this Act or the regugtrons prescribed by said Secretary as aforesaid.