§ 22. — Control of park by Secretary of the Interior; removal of trespassers.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC22]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER V--YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 22. Control of park by Secretary of the Interior; removal
of trespassers
The Yellowstone National Park shall be under the exclusive control
of the Secretary of the Interior. In addition to the powers and duties
enumerated in section 3 of this title not inconsistent with this
section, he shall make regulations providing for the preservation, from
injury or spoliation, of all timber, mineral deposits, natural
curiosities, or wonders, within the park, and their retention in their
natural condition. The Secretary may, in his discretion, grant leases
for building purposes for terms not exceeding thirty years, of small
parcels of ground, at such places in the park as may require the
erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors. He shall
provide against the wanton destruction of the fish and game found within
the park, and against their capture or destruction for the purposes of
merchandise or profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon
the same to be removed therefrom, and generally is authorized to take
all such measures as may be necessary or proper to fully carry out the
objects and purposes of this section.
(R.S. Sec. 2475; Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, Sec. 3, 39 Stat. 535; Pub. L.
85-434, May 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 152.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2475 derived from act Mar. 1, 1872, ch. 24, Sec. 2, 17
Stat. 33.
The words ``whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make
and publish such regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the
care and management of the same'' were omitted from the end of the first
sentence as executed legislation.
The words ``In addition to the powers and duties enumerated in
section 3 of this title not inconsistent with this section'' were added
to relate this section to later law, defining the duties of the
Secretary of the Interior as to national parks.
``Thirty years'' was substituted for ``ten years'' in view of
section 3 of act Aug. 25, 1916, and act May 29, 1958, which authorized
the Secretary to grant privileges, leases, and permits in the various
parks for periods not exceeding thirty years. See section 3 of this
title.
As originally enacted, this section also contained a provision that
``all of the proceeds of such leases, and all other revenues that may be
derived from any source connected with the park, to be expended under
his [Secretary of the Interior] direction in the management of the same,
and the construction of roads and bridlepaths therein.'' This provision
was superseded by section 452 of this title providing for the
disposition of all revenues from national parks.
