§ 53. — Cutting and removal of timber.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC53]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VI--SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS
Sec. 53. Cutting and removal of timber
All timber must be cut and removed from the Yosemite National Park
under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and
any damage which may result to the roads or any part of the park in
consequence of the cutting and removal of the timber from the
reservation shall be borne by the owners of the patented lands, and bond
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior must be given for the
payment of such damages, if any, as shall be determined by the Secretary
of the Interior.
(Apr. 9, 1912, ch. 74, Sec. 3, 37 Stat. 81.)
