Yellowstone National Park Congressional History
| 42D Congress, 2D Session S. 392. | ||
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1 Be it inacted by the Senate and The House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That the tract of land lying in the Territories of Montana and 4 Wyoming, lying near the head-waters of the Yellowstone 5 River, and described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the 6 junction of Gardiner's River and the Yellowstone River and 7 running east to the meridian, passing ten miles to the east- 8 ward of the most eastern point of the Yellowstone Lake; thence 9 south along said meridian to the parallel of latitude passing 10 ten miles south of the most southern point of Yellowstone 11 Lake; thence west along said parallel to the meridian pas 12 sing fifteen miles west of the most western point of Madison 13 Lake; thence north along said meridian to the latitude of the 14 junction of the Yellowstone and the Gardiner's Rivers, thence 15 east to the place of beginning, is thereby reserved and with- 16 drawn from settelement, occupancy or sale, under the laws of 17 the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public 18 park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of 19 the people; and all persons who shall, after the passage of 20 this act, locate or settle upon the same, or any part thereof, 21 except as hereinafter provided, shall be considered trespassers 22 and removed therefrom. 1 SEC 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive 2 control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall 3 be, as soon as practical, to make and publish such rules and 4 regulations as he may deem necessary and proper for the care 5 and management of the same. Such regulations shall pro- 6 vide for the preservation, from injury or spoliation, of all tim 7 ber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities or wonders within 8 said park, and their retention in their natural condition. The 9 Secretary, in his discretion, grant leases for building pur- 10 poses for term not exceeding ten years, of small parcels of 11 ground of such places in said park as shall require the erection 12 of buildings for the acommodation of visitors; all of the pro- 13 ceeds of said leases, and all other revenues that maybe 14 derived from any source connected with said park, to be ec- 15 expended under his direction in the management of the same, 16 and the construction of roads and bridle-paths therein. He 17 shall provide against the wanton destruction of the fish and 18 game found within said park, and against their capture or 19 destruction for the purpose of merchandise or profit. He 20 shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the same after 21 the passage of this act to be removed therefrom, and gen- 22 erally shall be authorized to take all such measures as shall 23 be necessary or proper to fully carry out the object and pur- 24 poses of this act. |
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