§ 256b. Hunting and fishing; general rules and regulations; protection of property; violation of statutes or rules; penalties.

All hunting or the killing, wounding, or capturing at any time of any wild bird or animal, except dangerous animals when it is necessary to prevent them from destroying human lives or inflicting personal injury, is prohibited within the limits of the park, nor shall any fish be taken out of any of the waters of the park, except at such seasons and at such times and in such manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish such general rules and regulations as he may deem necessary and proper for the management and care of the park and for the protection of the property therein, especially for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonderful objects within the park, and for the protection of the animals and birds in the park from capture or destruction, and to prevent their being frightened or driven from the park; and he shall make rules and regulations governing the taking of fish from the waters in the park. Possession within the park of the dead bodies or any part thereof of any wild bird or animal shall be prima facie evidence that the person or persons having the same are guilty of violating sections 256, 256b, 256c and 2561 of this title. Any person or persons, stage or express company, railway or other transportation company, who knows or has reason to believe that such wild birds, fish, or animals were taken or killed contrary to the provisions of said sections or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior, and who receives for transportation the dead bodies or any part thereof of the wild birds, fish, or animals so taken or killed, or who shall violate any of the other provisions of said sections, or the rules and regulations, with reference to the management and care of the park, or for the protection of the property therein, for the preservation from injury or spoliation of timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonderful objects within the park, or for the protection of the animals, birds, and fish in the park, or who shall within the park commit any damage, injury, or spoliation to or upon any building, fence, sign, hedge, gate, guidepost, tree, wood, underwood, timber, garden, crops, vegetables, plants, land, springs, mineral deposits, natural curiosites, or other matter or thing growing or being thereon, or situated therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, and be adjudged to pay all the costs of the proceedings. (Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, 3, 56 Stat. 136.)

§ 256c. Same; forfeiture of property used in hunting, fishing, etc.

All guns, traps, nets, seines, fishing tackle, teams, horses, or means of transportation of every nature or description used by any person or persons within the limits of the park when engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, taking, or capturing such wild birds, fish, or animals contrary to the provisions of sections 256, 256b, 256c and 256i of this title or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the In

terior shall be forfeited to the United States and may be seized by the officers in the park and held pending prosecution of any person or persons arrested under the charge of violating the provisions of said sections, and upon conviction under said sections of such person or persons using said guns, traps, nets, seines, fishing tackle, teams, horses, or other means of transportation, such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to the other punishment prescribed in said sections. Such forfeited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by and under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the forfeiture of teams, horses, or other means of transportation shall be in the discretion of the court. (Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 4, 56 Stat. 136.)

§§ 256d-256h. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39, 62 Stat. 992, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.

Section 256d, acts Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 5, 56 Stat. 137; Apr. 21, 1948, ch. 223, § 4, 62 Stat. 197, related to appointment and jurisdiction of commissioner, and is now covered by sections 631 and 632 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Section 256e, act Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 6, 56 Stat. 137, related to issuance of process, and is now covered by sections 3041 and 3141 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and rules 4, 5 (c), and 9 of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Title 18, Appendix.

Section 256f, act Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 7, 56 Stat. 137, related to commissioner's salary, and is now covered by section 634 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Section 256g, act Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 8, 56 Stat. 137, related to certification and payment of fees, costs, and expenses, and is now covered by section 604 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Section 256h, act Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 9, 56 Stat. 137, related to disposition of fines and costs, and is now covered by section 634 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

§ 2561. Notice to Governor of Washington; application of laws to subsequently accepted lands.

The Secretary of the Interior shall notify in writing the Governor of the State of Washington of the passage and approval of sections 256, 256b, 256c, and 2561 of this title, and of the fact that the United States assumes police jurisdiction over the park. Upon the acceptance by the Secretary of the Interior of further cessions of jurisdiction over lands now or hereafter included in the Olympic National Park, the provisions of sections 256b and 256c of this title shall apply to such lands. (Mar. 6, 1942, ch. 151, § 10, 56 Stat. 137.)

CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL

PARK

§ 261. Cumberland Gap National Historical Park; establishment.

When title to such lands, structures, and other property in the Cumberland Gap-Cumberland Ford areas, being portions of the Warriors Path of the Indians and Wilderness Road of Daniel Boone, within Bell and Harlan Counties, Kentucky; Lee County, Virginia; and Claiborne County, Tennessee; as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary or desirable for national historical park purposes, shall have been vested in the United States, such area or areas shall be, and they are, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public park for the benefit and inspiration of the people and

shall be known as the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: Provided, That the United States shall not purchase by appropriation of public moneys any lands within the aforesaid areas. (June 11, 1940, ch. 304, § 1, 54 Stat. 262; May 26, 1943, ch. 103, § 1, 57 Stat. 85.)

AMENDMENTS

1943-Act May 26, 1943, omitted proviso relating to inclusion of certain specified lands.

§ 262. Same; total area; consent of Congress to acquisition of lands and property and transfer thereof to United States.

The total area of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, as determined pursuant to sections 261-264 of this title, shall comprise not less than six thousand acres and shall not exceed fifty thousand acres, and lands may be added to the park following its establishment within the aforesaid limitations. The park shall not include any land within the city limits of Middlesboro and Pineville, Kentucky; Cumberland Gap, Tennessee; which the proper officials thereof shall indicate to the Secretary of the Interior prior to the establishment of said park are required for expansion of said cities.

(a) The consent of Congress is given to the States of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia to enter into a compact providing for (1) the acquisition of the lands, structures, and other property in the Cumberland Gap-Cumberland Ford areas referred to in section 261 of this title, and (2) the transfer of title to such lands, structures, and other property to the United States.

(b) The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved. (June 11, 1940, ch. 304, § 2, 54 Stat. 263; May 26, 1943, ch. 103, § 2, 57 Stat. 85.) AMENDMENTS

1943-Act May 26, 1943, among other changes, inserted minimum acreage limitation in first paragraph and added paragraphs (a) and (b).

§ 263. Same; acceptance of donations.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land, buildings, structures, and other property within the boundaries of the said historical park as determined and fixed under sections 261-264 of this title, and donations of funds for the purchase and maintenance thereof: Provided, That he may acquire on behalf of the United States out of any donated funds, by purchase at prices deemed by him reasonable, or by condemnation under the provisions of sections 257 and 258 of Title 40, such tracts of land within said historical park as may be necessary for the completion thereof. The title to any lands or interests in lands to be acquired pursuant to sections 261-264 of this title shall be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior. (June 11, 1940, ch. 304, § 3, 54 Stat. 263.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 258 of Title 40, referred to in the text, was omitted from the Code as superseded by rule 71A of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

§ 264. Same; administration and development.

The administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid national historical park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of

the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of sections 1 and 2-4 of this title. (June 11, 1940, ch. 304, § 4, 54 Stat. 263.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 481 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

CHANGE OF NAME

Name of Lafayette National Park changed to Acadia National Park, see section 342b of this title.

§ 341. Acadia National Park; establishment; lands included.

The tracts of land, easements, and other real estate known before February 26, 1919, as the Sieur de Monts National Monument, situated on Mount Desert Island, in the county of Hancock and State of Maine, are declared to be a national park and dedicated as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people under the name of the Acadia National Park, under which name the aforesaid national park shall be entitled to receive and to use all moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for Sieur de Monts National Monument. (Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 45, § 1, 40 Stat. 1178; Jan. 19, 1929, ch. 77, § 2, 45 Stat. 1083.) CHANGE OF NAME

The name "Lafayette National Park" was changed to "Acadia National Park" by act Jan. 19, 1929.

§ 342. Same; administration.

The administration, protection, and promotion of Acadia National Park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of sections 1 and 2-4 of this title and sections additional thereto or amendatory thereof. (Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 45, § 2, 40 Stat. 1179; Jan. 19, 1929, ch. 77, § 2, 45 Stat. 1083.)

CHANGE OF NAME

The name "Lafayette National Park" was changed to "Acadia National Park" by act Jan. 19, 1929.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 481 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN LANDS

Act July 30, 1947, ch. 350, 61 Stat. 519, provided: "That control and jurisdiction over the following-described lands now comprising a portion of the Acadia National Park, in the State of Maine, are hereby transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of the Navy: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall retain the right to approve the design of the buildings and structures to be placed thereon. "All that certain tract or parcel of land on Big Moose Island, Winter Harbor, Maine, which is bounded southerly and easterly by a chain link security fence, and northerly

and westerly by the waters of Pond Island Cove and Frenchman Bay, and which is more particularly described as beginning at a point on the shore at the high-water mark of Frenchman Bay on the southwesterly side of Big Moose Island, so called, thence following the chain link security fence as now erected by the three following courses and distances: North no degrees five minutes west one hundred and fifty-three feet; thence north thirty degrees twenty-four minutes east one hundred and fifty-seven and seven-tenths feet; thence south eighty-nine degrees nine minutes east one thousand four hundred and fifty-five and three-tenths feet to a point and angle in the said security fence which bears north thirty-four degrees fifty-four minutes west and is fifty feet distant at right angles from a point in the center line of the National Park Service road known as the Big Moose Island Road; thence turning to the left and following the said security fence in a general northerly direction but everywhere parallel with and fifty feet distant from the center line of the said Big Moose Island Road three thousand five hundred feet more or less to the high-water mark on the shore of Pond Island Cove; thence in a generally westerly and southerly direction but everywhere following the high-water mark of Pond Island Cove and Frenchman Bay seven thousand four hundred and seventy feet more or less to the place of beginning; except that portion thereof, containing twenty-five and ninety-six one-hundredths acres, which was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy pursuant to the Act of August 24, 1935 (ch. 644, 49 Stat. 795); the lands herein described containing one hundred and fifty-one and eighty-six one-hundredths acres after excluding the excepted portion.

"SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized and directed to retransfer jurisdiction over the property described in section 1 of this Act to the Secretary of the Interior in the event such property hereafter becomes surplus to the needs of the Department of the Navy, in which event it again shall become a part of Acadia National Park."

§ 342a. Same; extension of boundary limits.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to accept in behalf of the United States lands, easements, and buildings, as may be donated for the extension of the Acadia National Park, lying within the bounds of Hancock County within which the park is situated, together with such islands in Knox County adjoining as lie to the east and south of the main ship channel through Penobscot Bay, which complete the archipelago of which Mount Desert Island, whereon the park is situated, forms the dominant and largest unit. (Jan. 19, 1929, ch. 77, §§ 1, 2, 45 Stat. 1083.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Addition of Acadia recreational demonstration project lands to parks, see section 459s of this title.

§ 342b. Same; Lafayette National Park name changed to Acadia National Park; land unaffected by Federal Power Act.

The area now within the Lafayette National Park, together with such additions as may hereafter be made thereto, shall be known as the Acadia National Park, under which name the aforesaid national park shall be entitled to receive and to use all moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for the Lafayette National Park: Provided, That the provisions of the Federal Power Act shall not apply to or extend to any lands now or hereafter included in said park. (Jan. 19, 1929, ch. 77, § 2, 45 Stat. 1083.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Federal Power Act, referred to in the text, was in the original a reference to act June 10, 1920, which is classified generally to chapter 12 of this title.

§ 343. Same; acceptance of property on Mount Desert Island.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to accept in behalf of the United States such other property on said Mount Desert Island, including lands, easements, buildings, and moneys, as may be donated for the extension or improvement of said park. (Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 45, § 3, 40 Stat. 1179.)

§ 343a. Same; naval radio station, Seawall, Maine, as addition to park.

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior as an addition to the Acadia National Park all that tract of land containing two hundred and twenty-three acres, more or less, with improvements thereon, comprising the former naval radio station at Seawall, town of Southwest Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, said tract being no longer needed for naval purposes. (May 23, 1930, ch. 315,

46 Stat. 377.)

§ 343b. Same; addition of lands.

The Home Owners' Loan Corporation (herein called the "Corporation") is authorized and directed to convey and transfer to the United States of America, upon the terms and conditions provided in this section, all right, title, and interest vested in the Corporation, at the date of such conveyance and transfer, in and to real property and interests therein in the county of Hancock, State of Maine, acquired by the Corporation through the foreclosure of that certain mortgage deed, dated October 20, 1933, executed to the Corporation by Percy B. Russell and Florence L. Russell, and appearing in book 642, page 389, of the Registry of Deeds of Hancock County, State of Maine.

The Secretary of the Interior, for and on behalf of the United States of America, is authorized and directed to accept the conveyance and transfer of such property without regard to the provisions of section 1339 of Title 10, section 733 of Title 33, section 255 of Title 40, section 5 of Title 41, and section 175 of Title 50 (except the last paragraph of section 733 of Title 33, section 255 of Title 40, and section 175 of Title 50, which shall be applicable hereto), or any other provision of law. The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized and directed to pay all necessary fees, charges, and expenses in connection with such conveyance and transfer.

Upon the conveyance and transfer of such property as herein provided, it shall be used and administered by the Secretary of the Interior solely for national-park purposes, and it shall be deemed to constitute a part of the Acadia National Park.

Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, upon such conveyance and transfer and in lieu of any other payment by the United States to the Corporation as consideration for the conveyance and transfer of such property, cancel bonds of the Corporation, in the principal sum of $18,000, purchased by the Secretary of the Treasury under or by reason of the provisions set forth in section 1463 of

Title 12 (which bonds are made available to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purposes of this paragraph), and all sums due and unpaid upon or in connection with such bonds at the time of such cancelation and discharge, together with any accrued interest: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury and the Corporation are authorized and directed to make adjustments on their books and records as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. (Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 674, $S 1-4, 58 Stat. 914.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 1339 of Title 10, referred to in the text, was repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641. See sections 4774 and 9774 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

CODIFICATION

Section comprises sections 1-4 of act Dec. 22, 1944. ABOLISHMENT OF HOME OWNERS' LOAN CORPORATION For dissolution and abolishment of Home Owners' Loan Corporation, referred to this section, by act June 30, 1953, ch. 170, § 21, 67 Stat. 126, see note under section 1463 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.

§ 343c. Same; exchange of lands.

For the purpose of consolidating Federal holdings of land within Acadia National Park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept, on behalf of the United States, approximately fifty-eight acres of non-Federal land within the authorized park boundaries, such land to be conveyed to the United States without cost by Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Junior. Upon acceptance of title thereto by the United States, such property shall be subject to all laws and regulations applicable to the park. In exchange for the conveyance to the United States of the aforesaid property, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey to Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Junior, or to such agency as he may designate, for purposes of the Jackson Memorial Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, approximately five acres of federally owned land within the park adjacent to the laboratory properties. (Sept. 7, 1949, ch. 541, 63 Stat. 691.)

§ 343d. Same; exclusion of lands; disposal as surplus property.

The tract of land in Acadia National Park, State of Maine, comprising approximately three hundred acres and identified as the "Green Lake Fish Hatchery Tract" is excluded from Acadia National Park, and the said tract is authorized to be disposed of in accordance with the laws relating to the disposition of Federal property. (July 24, 1956, ch. 667, 70 Stat. 597.)

ZION NATIONAL PARK

§ 344. Zion National Park; creation; maintenance. The Zion National Monument, in the county of Washington, State of Utah, is declared to be a national park and dedicated as such for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, under the name of the Zion National Park, under which name the aforesaid national park shall be maintained by allotment of funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated for the national monuments, until such time as an independent appropriation is made therefor by Congress. (Nov. 19, 1919, ch. 110, § 1, 41 Stat. 356.)

§ 345. Same; administration.

The administration, protection, and promotion of said Zion National Park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of sections 1 and 2-4 of this title, and laws additional thereto or amendatory thereof. (Nov. 19, 1919, ch. 110, § 2, 41 Stat. 356.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 481 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

§ 346. Same; exchange of lands.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to exchange, in his discretion, alienated lands in Zion National Park for unappropriated and unreserved public lands of equal value and approximately equal area in the State of Utah outside of said parks. (June 7, 1924, ch. 305, § 3, 43 Stat. 594.)

§ 346a. Same; extension of boundaries.

Sections 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31, and 32, township 41 south, range 9 west; unsurveyed sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, and 18, township 42 south, range 9 west; unsurveyed sections 5, 6, 7, and 8, township 42 south, range 92 west; unsurveyed sections 1, 2, and the north half and southeast quarter section 3; northeast quarter section 4, east half section 10, sections 11 and 12, township 42 south, range 10 west; all of section 21, southwest quarter section 22, northwest quarter section 27, southeast quarter unsurveyed section 28; east half unsurveyed section 33, township 41 south, range 10 west; and all of sections 34, 35, and 36, township 41 south, range 11 west, all with reference to the Salt Lake meridian, are added to and made a part of the Zion National Park in the State of Utah, subject to all laws and regulations applicable to and governing said park. (June 13, 1930, ch. 479, 46 Stat. 582.)

§ 346b. Consolidation of Zion National Park and Zion National Monument.

For the purpose of combining Zion National Park and Zion National Monument, Utah, in a single National park unit, in the interest of efficient administration and to preserve adequately the features thereof, Zion National Park on and after July 11, 1956, shall comprise the present area of the National Park and the present area of the Zion National Monument: Provided, That the enactment of sections 346b-346d of this title shall not affect adversely any valid rights or privileges heretofore existing within the areas established by sections 346b-346d of this title as the Zion National Park. (July 11, 1956, ch. 568, § 1, 70 Stat. 527.)

§ 346c. Same; administration.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to administer Zion National Park as established by sections 346b-346d of this title in accordance with his

authority over the park heretofore granted by the Congress and in accordance with the general laws governing areas of the national park system. (July 11, 1956, ch. 568, § 2, 70 Stat. 527.)

§ 346d. Same; funds.

All funds heretofore made available for purposes of Zion National Park and Zion National Monument may be used for purposes of Zion National Park as established by sections 346b-346d of this title. (July 11, 1956, ch. 568, § 3, 70 Stat. 527.)

MOUNT MCKINLEY NATIONAL PARK

§ 347. Mount McKinley National Park; establishment; boundaries.

The tract of land in the Territory of Alaska particularly described by and included within the metes and bounds, to wit: Beginning at a point as shown on Plate III, reconnaissance map of the Mount McKinley region, Alaska, prepared in the Geological Survey, edition of 1911, said point being at the summit of a hill between two forks of the headwaters of the Toklat River, approximate latitude sixty-three degrees forty-seven minutes, longitude one hundred and fifty degrees twenty minutes; thence south six degrees twenty minutes west nineteen miles; thence south sixty-eight degrees west sixty miles; thence in a southeasterly direction approximately twenty-eight miles to the summit of Mount Russell; thence in a northeasterly direction approximately eighty-nine miles to a point twenty-five miles due south of a point due east of the point of beginning; thence due north twenty-five miles to said point; thence due west twenty-eight and one-half miles to the point of beginning, is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the United States, and said tract is dedicated and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, under the name of the Mount McKinley National Park. In addition to the above-described tract, all those lands lying between the south, east, and north boundaries above described and the following described boundary are made a part of and included in the Mount McKinley National Park for all purposes, to wit: Beginning at the summit of Mount Russell, which is the present southwest corner of the park; thence in a northeasterly direction one hundred miles, more or less, to a point on the one hundred and forty-ninth meridian, which is twentyfive miles south of a point due east of the upper northwest corner of the park; thence north along the one hundred and forty-ninth meridian twentyfive miles; thence west forty miles, more or less, to the upper northwest corner of Mount McKinley National Park as existing prior to January 30, 1922. (Feb. 26, 1917, ch. 121, § 1, 39 Stat. 938; Jan. 30, 1922, ch. 39, 42 Stat. 359.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Change of boundaries of Mount McKinley National Park, see section 355 of this title.

§ 348. Same; entries under land laws not affected. Nothing contained in sections 347-350, 351–353, and 354 of this title shall affect any valid existing claim, location, or entry under the land laws of the United States, prior to February 26, 1917, whether for homestead, mineral, right of way, or any other

purpose whatsoever, or shall affect the rights of any such claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land. (Feb. 26, 1917, ch. 121, § 2, 39 Stat. 938.)

§ 349. Same; rights-of-way in.

Whenever consistent with the primary purposes of Mount McKinley National Park, sections 79 and 522 of this title shall be applicable to the lands included within the park. (Feb. 26, 1917, ch. 121, § 3, 39 Stat. 938.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Licenses to citizens or associations or corporations for purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining dams, water conduits, reservoirs, powerhouses, transmission lines, etc., upon any part of the public lands or reservations of United States, to be granted by Federal Power Commission, see section 797 (e) of this title.

§ 350. Same; mineral land laws applicable.

Nothing in sections 347-350, 351–353, and 354 of this title shall in any way modify or affect the mineral land laws applicable to the lands in the said park prior to February 26, 1917. (Feb. 26, 1917, ch. 121, § 4, 39 Stat. 938.)

§ 350a. Same; surface use of mineral land locations; regulations; registration of prospectors and miners.

The Secretary of the Interior shall have authority to prescribe regulations for the surface use of any mineral land locations already made or that may hereafter be made within the boundaries of Mount McKinley National Park, in the Territory of Alaska, and he may require registration of all prospectors and miners who enter the park: Provided, That no resident of the United States who is qualified under the mining laws of the United States applicable to Alaska shall be denied entrance to the park for the purpose of prospecting or mining. (Jan. 26, 1931, ch. 47, § 2, 46 Stat. 1043.)

§ 351. Same; control of; rules and regulations.

Mount McKinley National Park shall be under the executive control of the Secretary of the Interior, and it shall be the duty of the said executive authority, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the United States as the said authority may deem necessary or proper for the care, protection, management, and improvement of the same, the said regulations being primarily aimed at the freest use of the said park for recreation purposes by the public and for the preservation of animals, birds, and fish and for the preservation of the natural curiosities and scenic beauties thereof. (Feb. 26, 1917, ch. 121, § 5, 39 Stat. 938.)

§ 352. Same; game refuge; killing game in.

The said park is established as a game refuge, and no person shall kill any game in said park except under an order from the Secretary of the Interior for the protection of persons or to protect or prevent the extermination of other animals or birds. (Feb. 26, 1917, ch. 121, § 6, 39 Stat. 939; May 21, 1928, ch. 654, § 2, 45 Stat. 622.)

AMENDMENTS

1928-Act May 21, 1928, repealed provision that prospectors and miners could kill game or birds needed for actual necessities when short of food.