HAROLD L. ICKES, Secretary
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

ARNO B. CAMMERER, Director

45. Law getes

LAWS RELATING TO

THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
THE NATIONAL PARKS
AND MONUMENTS

12-89-1908

CONTENTS

LAWS RELATING TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, THE

NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS

1 Transferred to the Department of Agriculture by Act of March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1509), to be maintained

as the Sullys Hill National Game Preserve.

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I. GENERAL LEGISLATION

Act of February 15, 1901, relating to rights of way through certain parks, reservations, and other public lands.

Excerpt from Department of Agriculture appropriation act of March 4, 1911, authorizing heads of departments to grant easements for not to exceed 50 years for rights of way through public lands over which they have jurisdiction--

Act of March 3, 1921, amending Federal Water Power Act of June 10, 1920 (41 Stat. 1063), to provide that no permits for work under that act shall be granted in national parks and monuments without specific authority of Congress..

Act of February 6, 1905, providing for the protection of public forest reserves and national parks of the United States..

Excerpts from act of March 4, 1909, codifying, revising, and amending the penal laws of the United States relative to timber depredations, etc., on public lands..

Excerpts from act of June 25, 1910, providing punishment for timber depredations on reservations or Indian lands and for failure to extinguish fires thereon

Act of June 15, 1933, amending section 289 of the Criminal Code of the United States relative to adoption of State laws for punishment of wrongful acts, etc__

Excerpt from Sundry Civil Act of August 24, 1912, limiting cost of buildings in the national parks to $1,000, except under express authority of Congress

Excerpt from Sundry Civil Act of July 1, 1918, increasing limitation of cost of buildings in the national parks to $1,500, except under express authority of Congress.

Excerpt from Sundry Civil Act of August 24, 1912, authorizing certain
officers of the national parks and other Government reservations, etc.,
to administer oaths to expense accounts--

Act of August 25, 1916, establishing the National Park Service-
Excerpt from act of June 2, 1920, relative to punishment for violation of
rules and regulations authorized by act of August 25, 1916, establishing
the National Park Service _ _

Excerpt from Interior Department Appropriation Act of March 7, 1928,
relative to granting of privileges, leases, and permits for accommoda-
tion of public within national parks and national monuments..
Excerpt from Sundry Civil Act of June 12, 1917, providing that all revenues
of national parks, except Hot Springs Reservation, shall be covered
into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.
Excerpt from Interior Department Appropriation Act of May 24, 1922,
providing that all revenues of Hot Springs National Park shall be cov-
ered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts..
Act of July 3, 1926, to facilitate and simplify the work of the National
Park Service _ _

Excerpt from act of February 25, 1920, promoting the mining of coal,
phosphate, potassium, oil, oil shale, gas, and helium on the public
domain
Excerpt from Sundry Civil Act of June 5, 1920, authorizing acceptance of
donated lands, etc., for national parks and monuments__
Excerpt from act of November 9, 1921, providing that highways in
national parks or in military or naval reservations shall not be taken over
by the Secretary of Agriculture..

Excerpts from act of April 9, 1924, authorizing construction, reconstruc-
tion, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges,
in national parks and monuments, and for the transfer of Army road
material distributed under the Highway Act.

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