. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 14, 1911. GRAZING ON THE NATIONAL FORESTS. Washington, D. C, December 31.— The authority of the Secretary of Ag- riculture to prevent the grazing of livestock on the National Forests with- out a permit has been sustained in New Mexico by action of the Federal courts in three cases in which the de- fendants had caused or permitted stock to trespass upon the Alamo For- est in defiance of the regulations. Because of the belief which has been current among stockmen of some localities during the last year that the regu
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 14, 1911. GRAZING ON THE NATIONAL FORESTS. Washington, D. C, December 31.— The authority of the Secretary of Ag- riculture to prevent the grazing of livestock on the National Forests with- out a permit has been sustained in New Mexico by action of the Federal courts in three cases in which the de- fendants had caused or permitted stock to trespass upon the Alamo For- est in defiance of the regulations. Because of the belief which has been current among stockmen of some localities during the last year that the regulations of the Secretary of Agri- culture with regard to grazing on the National Forests are unenforceable, the New Mexico cases are regarded by officials of the Department of Ag- riculture as particularly timely and valuable. The recent disposition to question the validity of the regulations has evidently been due to the entirely natural desire of the stockmen to as- sert what they supposed, though mis- takenly, to be their rights under the law as interpreted by the courts. Sec i-etary Wilson considers that the effect of the action taken in the New Mex- ico cases will be to clarify the situa- tion materially, and to promote a bet- ter understanding of the legal rights of the Department. The misconception which has led stockmen to suppose they might graze their stock on the National Forests without taking out a permit and pay- ing the grazing fee was due to the decision rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States last March, affirming a decision of the United States district court for the southern district of California, by Judge Well- born, that violation of the grazing reg- ulations is not punishable as a crime. This decision of the Supreme Court, however, was by an even division of the Justices, and therefore did not decide the general question one way or the other, but merely affirmed the decision of the lower court in the par- ticular case. The Supreme Court has g
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