§ 195. — Control; regulations; leases; sale and removal of timber.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC195]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXI--ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 195. Control; regulations; leases; sale and removal of
timber
Rocky Mountain National Park shall be under the executive control of
the Secretary of the Interior. In addition to the powers and duties
enumerated in section 3 of this title and not inconsistent with this
section, he shall make and publish such reasonable rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, as he
may deem necessary or proper for the care, protection, management, and
improvement of the same, the said regulations being primarily aimed at
the freest use of the said park for recreation purposes by the public
and for the preservation of the natural conditions and scenic beauties
thereof. The said Secretary may, in his discretion, execute leases to
parcels of ground not exceeding twenty acres in extent in any one place
to any person or company for not to exceed twenty years whenever such
ground is necessary for the erection of establishments for the
accommodation of visitors, may grant such other necessary privileges and
concessions as he deems wise for the accommodation of visitors, and may
likewise arrange for the removal of such mature or dead or down timber
as he may deem necessary and advisable for the protection and
improvement of the park. The regulations governing the park shall
include provisions for the use of automobiles therein. The Secretary of
the Interior is authorized to accept patented lands or rights of way
over patented lands in the Rocky Mountain National Park, that may be
donated for park purposes.
(Jan. 26, 1915, ch. 19, Sec. 4, 38 Stat. 800; June 12, 1917, ch. 27,
Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 152; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 88, 40 Stat. 1270.)
Codification
Section, with the exception of the last sentence, was from section 4
of act Jan. 26, 1915.
A provision prohibiting appropriation for the maintenance,
supervision, or improvement of the park in excess of $10,000 annually
unless expressly authorized by law was repealed by act Mar. 1, 1919.
The last sentence was from section 1 of act June 12, 1917.
Expenditure of Funds Outside Authorized Boundary of Rocky Mountain
National Park
Pub. L. 104-333, div. I, title VIII, Sec. 810, Nov. 12, 1996, 110
Stat. 4189, provided that: ``The Secretary of the Interior is authorized
to collect and expend donated funds and expend appropriated funds for
the operation and maintenance of a visitor center to be constructed for
visitors to and administration of Rocky Mountain National Park with
private funds on privately owned lands located outside the boundary of
the park.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 192, 194, 197 of this title.
