Chapter 1774. For the protection of the Bull Run Forest Reserve and the sources of the water supply of the city of Portland, State of Oregon
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CHAP. 1774.— An Act For the protection of the Bull Run Forest Reserve and the sources of the water supply of the city of Portland, State of Oregon. April 28, 1904.[[S. 3036](/us/bill/58/s/3036).][[Public, No. 206](/us/pl/58/206).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That from and after the date Bull Run Forest Reserve, Oreg. Protection of, and Portland water supply.of the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, except forest rangers and other persons employed by the United States to protect the forest, and Federal and State officers in the discharge of their duties, and the employees of the water board of the Grazing prohibited.city of Portland, State of Oregon, to enter, for the purpose of grazing stock, upon any part of the reserve known as the Bull Run Forest Reserve, in the Cascade.
Mountains, in the State, of Oregon, which Vol. 27, p. 1027.reserve was established by proclamation of the President of the United States in eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as provided by section Vol. 26, p. 1103.twenty-four of an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to repeal timbers culture laws, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and which reserve includes within its area the Penalty.water supply of the city of Portland, State of Oregon; and any person or persons, save those hereinbefore excepted, who shall engage in grazing stock, or who shall permit stock of any kind to graze within said Bull Run Forest Reserve, or who shall knowingly trespass thereon, 527shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in the district court of the United States for the district of Oregon shall be fined not to exceed five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court.
And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to enforce the provisions of this Act by all proper means at his command, and to exclude from said forest reserve stock of all kinds and all persons, save as hereinbefore excepted. Approved, April 28, 1904.