§ 98. — Protection of game and fish; forfeitures and punishments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC98]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XI--MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 98. Protection of game and fish; forfeitures and
punishments
All hunting or the killing, wounding, or capturing at any time of
any wild bird or animal, except dangerous animals when it is necessary
to prevent them from destroying human lives or inflicting personal
injury, is prohibited within the limits of said park; nor shall any fish
be taken out of the waters of the park in any other way than by hook and
line, and then only at such seasons and in such times and manner as may
be directed by the Secretary of the Interior. That the Secretary of the
Interior shall make and publish such rules and regulations as he may
deem necessary and proper for the management and care of the park and
for the protection of the property therein, especially for the
preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits
other than those legally located prior to May 27, 1908, natural
curiosities, or wonderful objects within said park, and for the
protection of the animals and birds in the park from capture or
destruction, and to prevent their being frightened or driven from the
park; and he shall make rules and regulations governing the taking of
fish from the streams or lakes in the park. Possession within said park
of the dead bodies, or any part thereof, of any wild bird or animal
shall be prima facie evidence that the person or persons having the same
are guilty of violating this Act. Any person or persons, or stage or
express company, or railway company, who knows or has reason to believe
that they were taken or killed contrary to the provisions of this Act
and who receives for transportation any of said animals, birds, or fish
so killed, caught, or taken, or who shall violate any of the other
provisions of this Act, or any rule or regulation that may be
promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior with reference to the
management and care of the park or for the protection of the property
therein, for the preservation from injury or spoliation of timber,
mineral deposits other than those legally located prior to May 27, 1908,
natural curiosities, or wonderful objects within said park, or for the
protection of the animals, birds, or fish in the park, or who shall
within said park commit any damage, injury, or spoliation to or upon any
building, fence, hedge, gate, guidepost, tree, wood, underwood, timber,
garden, crops, vegetables, plants, land, springs, mineral deposits other
than those legally located prior to May 27, 1908, natural curiosities,
or other matter or thing growing or being thereon or situated therein,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine
of not more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both,
and be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings.
(June 30, 1916, ch. 197, Sec. 4, 39 Stat. 244.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1916, which is
classified to sections 95 to 105 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 108 of this title.
