§ 45b. — Rules and regulations; leases; fish and game.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC45b]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VI--SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS
Sec. 45b. Rules and regulations; leases; fish and game
The said park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary
of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to 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, such
regulations being primarily aimed at the freest use of said park for
recreation purposes by the public and for the preservation from injury
or spoliation of all timber, natural curiosities, or wonders within said
park and their retention in their natural condition as far as
practicable, and for the preservation of said park in a state of nature
so far as is consistent with the purposes of this Act. Such rules and
regulations shall permit the taking of fish by hook and line from the
streams or lakes in said park, but at such seasons, during such times,
and in such manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Such rules and regulations, however, shall provide against the
destruction of the wild life within said park, and the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to take all such measures as shall be necessary
to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this Act. Said Secretary
may, in his discretion, execute leases to parcels of ground not
exceeding ten acres in extent at any one place to any one person or
persons or company for not to exceed twenty years, when such ground is
necessary for the erection of buildings for the accommodation of
visitors. Such leases or privileges may be renewed or extended at the
expiration of the terms thereof: Provided, That existing leases from the
Department of Agriculture may be continued, in the discretion of the
Secretary of the Interior, for so long as such extension is not
detrimental to the public purposes for which the park is created.
(July 3, 1926, ch. 744, Sec. 2, 44 Stat. 820.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act July 3, 1926, which is
classified to sections 45a, 45b to 45e, and 688 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 45e of this title.
