§ 127. — Hunting and fishing; rules and regulations; punishment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC127]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XIV--CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 127. Hunting and fishing; rules and regulations; punishment
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 injury, is
prohibited within the limits of said park; nor shall any fish be taken
out of the waters of the park 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 other than those
legally located prior to August 21, 1916, natural curiosities, or
wonderful objects within said 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 streams
or lakes in the park. Possession within 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, who knows or has reason to believe that they were
taken or killed contrary to the provisions of this Act and who receives
for transportation any of said animals, birds, or fish so killed,
caught, or taken, or who shall violate any of the other 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 other
than those legally located prior to August 21, 1916, natural
curiosities, or wonderful objects within said park, or for the
protection of the animals, birds, or fish in the park, or who shall
within said park commit any damage, injury, or spoliation to or upon any
building, fence, hedge, gate, guidepost, tree, wood, underwood, timber,
garden, crops, vegetables, plants, land, springs, mineral deposits other
than those legally located prior to August 21, 1916, natural
curiosities, or other matter or thing growing or being thereon or
situate therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 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 costs of the
proceedings.
(Aug. 21, 1916, ch. 368, Sec. 4, 39 Stat. 522.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 21, 1916, which is
classified to sections 124 to 134 of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
