16 U.S.C. § 78 — Detail of troops to Sequoia, Yosemite, and General Grant Parks
submitted 126 years ago by ch. 791 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 88 words · no verdicts yet
On request from the Interior Secretary, the Army Secretary must send troops to Sequoia, Yosemite, and General Grant Parks. Troops keep out people who want to harm wildlife or break park rules, and remove them if found.
The Secretary of the Army, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized and directed to make the necessary detail of troops to prevent trespassers or intruders from entering the Sequoia National Park, the Yosemite National Park, and the General Grant National Park, respectively, in California, for the purpose of destroying the game or objects of curiosity therein, or for any other purpose prohibited by law or regulation for the government of said reservations, and to remove such persons from said parks if found therein.
Source credit: (June 6, 1900, ch. 791, § 1, 31 Stat. 618; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
- 1900Enacted · Act of June 6, 1900, ch. 791 · 31 Stat. 618
- 1947Amended · Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343 · 61 Stat. 501
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 791 on 1900-06-06.
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