§ 78. — Detail of troops to Sequoia and Yosemite Parks.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC78]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VI--SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS
Sec. 78. Detail of troops to Sequoia and Yosemite Parks
The Secretary of the Army, upon the request of the Secretary of the
Interior, is authorized and directed to make the necessary detail of
troops to prevent trespassers or intruders from entering the Sequoia
National Park and the Yosemite National Park, respectively, in
California, for the purpose of destroying the game or objects of
curiosity therein, or for any other purpose prohibited by law or
regulation for the government of said reservations, and to remove such
persons from said parks if found therein.
(June 6, 1900, ch. 791, Sec. 1, 31 Stat. 618; Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40,
Sec. 2, 54 Stat. 43; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61
Stat. 501.)
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military
Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of
the Army.
General Grant National Park Abolished
Act Mar. 4, 1940, set out as section 80a of this title, abolished
the General Grant National Park and added the lands to the Kings Canyon
National Park as the General Grant grove section.
