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[CITE: 16USC22]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER V--YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 22. Control of park by Secretary of the Interior; removal 
        of trespassers
        
    The Yellowstone National Park shall be under the exclusive control 
of the Secretary of the Interior. In addition to the powers and duties 
enumerated in section 3 of this title not inconsistent with this 
section, he shall make regulations providing for the preservation, from 
injury or spoliation, of all timber, mineral deposits, natural 
curiosities, or wonders, within the park, and their retention in their 
natural condition. The Secretary may, in his discretion, grant leases 
for building purposes for terms not exceeding thirty years, of small 
parcels of ground, at such places in the park as may require the 
erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors. He shall 
provide against the wanton destruction of the fish and game found within 
the park, and against their capture or destruction for the purposes of 
merchandise or profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon 
the same to be removed therefrom, and generally is authorized to take 
all such measures as may be necessary or proper to fully carry out the 
objects and purposes of this section.

(R.S. Sec. 2475; Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, Sec. 3, 39 Stat. 535; Pub. L. 
85-434, May 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 152.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 2475 derived from act Mar. 1, 1872, ch. 24, Sec. 2, 17 
Stat. 33.
    The words ``whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make 
and publish such regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the 
care and management of the same'' were omitted from the end of the first 
sentence as executed legislation.
    The words ``In addition to the powers and duties enumerated in 
section 3 of this title not inconsistent with this section'' were added 
to relate this section to later law, defining the duties of the 
Secretary of the Interior as to national parks.
    ``Thirty years'' was substituted for ``ten years'' in view of 
section 3 of act Aug. 25, 1916, and act May 29, 1958, which authorized 
the Secretary to grant privileges, leases, and permits in the various 
parks for periods not exceeding thirty years. See section 3 of this 
title.
    As originally enacted, this section also contained a provision that 
``all of the proceeds of such leases, and all other revenues that may be 
derived from any source connected with the park, to be expended under 
his [Secretary of the Interior] direction in the management of the same, 
and the construction of roads and bridlepaths therein.'' This provision 
was superseded by section 452 of this title providing for the 
disposition of all revenues from national parks.
