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[CITE: 16USC26]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER V--YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 26. Regulations for hunting and fishing in park; punishment 
        for violations; forfeitures
        
    All hunting, or the killing, wounding, or capturing at any time of 
any bird or wild animal, except dangerous animals, when it is necessary 
to prevent them from destroying human life or inflicting an injury, is 
prohibited within the limits of said park; nor shall any fish be taken 
out of the waters of the park by means of seines, nets, traps, or by the 
use of drugs or any explosive substances or compounds, or in any other 
way than by hook and line, and then only at such seasons and in such 
times and manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish such 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 said 
park; and for the protection of the animals and birds in the park, from 
capture or destruction, or to prevent their being frightened or driven 
from the park; and he shall make rules and regulations governing the 
taking of fish from the streams or lakes in the park. Possession within 
the said 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 this Act. Any person or persons, 
or stage or express company or railway company, receiving for 
transportation any of the said animals, birds, or fish so killed, taken, 
or caught shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined 
for every such offense not exceeding $300. Any person found guilty of 
violating any of the provisions of this Act or any rule or regulation 
that may be promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior 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 said park, or for the protection of the animals, birds, and fish 
in the said park, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be 
subjected to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 
six months, or both, and be adjudged to pay all costs of the 
proceedings.
    All guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation of every 
nature or description used by any person or persons within said park 
limits when engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such 
wild beasts, birds, or wild animals shall be forfeited to the United 
States, and may be seized by the officers in said park and held pending 
the prosecution of any person or persons arrested under charge of 
violating the provisions of this Act, and upon conviction under this Act 
of such person or persons using said guns, traps, teams, horses, or 
other means of transportation such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a 
penalty in addition to the other punishment provided in this Act. Such 
forfeited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by and under 
the authority of the Secretary of the Interior.

(May 7, 1894, ch. 72, Sec. 4, 28 Stat. 73; June 28, 1916, ch. 179, 39 
Stat. 238.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, is act May 7, 1894, which is 
classified to sections 24 to 30a of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 21b, 30a of this title.
