§ 374. — Taking or use of or bathing in water in violation of rules and regulations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC374]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XL--HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 374. Taking or use of or bathing in water in violation of
rules and regulations
Any person who shall, except in compliance with such rules and
regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary, enter
or attempt to enter upon said tract, take, or attempt to take, use, or
attempt to use, bathe in, or attempt to bathe in water of any spring
located thereon, or without presenting satisfactory evidence that he or
she (provided he or she is under medical treatment) is the patient of a
physician duly registered at the office of the superintendent of the Hot
Springs National Park as one qualified, under such rules which the
Secretary of the Interior may have made or shall make, to prescribe the
waters of the Hot Springs, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than
$100, and be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings. No physician
who shall engage in the solicitation of patronage through the medium of
drummers, or otherwise, shall be or remain thus registered. If any
person so bathing, or attempting to bathe, or so entering, or attempting
to enter upon the described tract, shall have the permit of a physician,
such physician shall be liable to the penalties of this section, unless
he be regularly registered; and such person shall not be liable to the
penalties of this section, unless it shall be made to appear that he
knew, or had reason to believe, that the physician giving him such
permit was not regularly registered.
(Apr. 20, 1904, ch. 1400, Sec. 4, 33 Stat. 188; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 161,
Sec. 1, 41 Stat. 1407.)
Change of Name
``Hot Springs National Park'' substituted in text for ``Hot Springs
Reservation'' pursuant to act Mar. 4, 1921.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 372 of this title.
