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16 USC Sec. 45b 01/05/2009
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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VI - SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS
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Sec. 45b. Rules and regulations; leases; fish and game
STATUTE
The said park shall be under the exclusive control of the
Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as
practicable, to make and publish such reasonable rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States,
as he may deem necessary or proper for the care, protection,
management, and improvement of the same, such regulations being
primarily aimed at the freest use of said park for recreation
purposes by the public and for the preservation from injury or
spoliation of all timber, natural curiosities, or wonders within
said park and their retention in their natural condition as far as
practicable, and for the preservation of said park in a state of
nature so far as is consistent with the purposes of this Act. Such
rules and regulations shall permit the taking of fish by hook and
line from the streams or lakes in said park, but at such seasons,
during such times, and in such manner as may be directed by the
Secretary of the Interior. Such rules and regulations, however,
shall provide against the destruction of the wild life within said
park, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to take all
such measures as shall be necessary to fully carry out the objects
and purposes of this Act. Said Secretary may, in his discretion,
execute leases to parcels of ground not exceeding ten acres in
extent at any one place to any one person or persons or company for
not to exceed twenty years, when such ground is necessary for the
erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors. Such
leases or privileges may be renewed or extended at the expiration
of the terms thereof: Provided, That existing leases from the
Department of Agriculture may be continued, in the discretion of
the Secretary of the Interior, for so long as such extension is not
detrimental to the public purposes for which the park is created.
SOURCE
(July 3, 1926, ch. 744, Sec. 2, 44 Stat. 820.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, is act July 3, 1926, which is
classified to sections 45a, 45b to 45e, and 688 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.