§ 36. — Disposition of surplus elk, buffalo, bear, beaver, and predatory animals.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC36]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER V--YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 36. Disposition of surplus elk, buffalo, bear, beaver, and
predatory animals
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and
under regulations to be prescribed by him, to give surplus elk, buffalo,
bear, beaver, and predatory animals inhabiting Yellowstone National Park
to Federal, State, county, and municipal authorities for preserves,
zoos, zoological gardens, and parks. He may sell or otherwise dispose of
the surplus buffalo of the Yellowstone National Park herd, and all
moneys received from the sale of any such surplus buffalo shall be
deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous
receipts.
(Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1214.)
