§ 674a. — Sullys Hill National Park; transfer of control; change of name to Sullys Hill National Game Preserve; boundaries; use by public; hunting.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC674a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
Sec. 674a. Sullys Hill National Park; transfer of control;
change of name to Sullys Hill National Game Preserve;
boundaries; use by public; hunting
The Secretary of the Interior shall administer Sullys Hill National
Park, together with all improvements thereon, in the State of North
Dakota, as a big game preserve, refuge, and breeding grounds for wild
animals and birds, which shall be known as the Sullys Hill National Game
Preserve and shall embrace within its boundaries the lands described in
the proclamation of June 2, 1904, establishing Sullys Hill Park,
together with all unsurveyed or public lands uncovered by the recession
of the waters of Devils Lake in front of said reservation, the preserve
to be bounded on the north and northwest by the waters of Devils Lake,
and on the west and southwest by a stream which flows through lands
uncovered by the recession of the waters of Devils Lake, approximately
midway between lots 10 and 11, section 17; lots 1, 2, 6, and 8, section
16; and lot 2, section 9; lots 3, 4, and 5, section 16, township 152
north, range 65 west, fifth principal meridian, as meandered on the
official plats of survey approved June 23, 1904, and June 2, 1927:
Provided, That the said game preserve is to be made available to the
public for recreational purposes insofar as consistent with the use of
this area as a game preserve: Provided further, That hunting shall not
be permitted on said game preserve.
(Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 439, Sec. 1, 46 Stat. 1509; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of
the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 671 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 674b, 674d of this title.
