§ 204c. — Hunting and fishing; general rules and regulations; protection of property; violation of statutes and rules; penalties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC204c]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXII--LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 204c. Hunting and fishing; general rules and regulations;
protection of property; violation of statutes and rules;
penalties
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 personal
injury, is prohibited within the limits of said park; nor shall any fish
be taken out of any of the waters of the said park in any other way than
by hook and line, and then only at such seasons and at such times and in
such manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior. The
Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish such general 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 9,
1916, natural curiosities, or wonderful objects within said park, and
for the protection of the animals in the park from capture or
destruction, and to prevent their being frightened or driven from the
said park; and he shall make rules and regulations governing the taking
of fish from the streams or lakes in the said 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
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 said 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 9, 1916, natural curiosities, or wonderful objects within said
park, or for the protection of the animals, birds, or fish in the said
park, or who shall within said park commit any damage, injury, or
spoliation to or upon any building, fence, hedge, gate, guide post,
tree, wood, underwood, timber, garden, crops, vegetables, plants, land,
springs, mineral deposits other than those legally located prior to
August 9, 1916, natural curiosities, or other matter or thing growing or
being thereon, or situated 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 the costs of the proceedings.
(Apr. 26, 1928, ch. 438, Sec. 4, 45 Stat. 463.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act Apr. 26, 1928, which is
classified to sections 204 to 204j of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
