§ 9a. — Government of parks, etc.; violation of regulations as misdemeanor.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC9a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Sec. 9a. Government of parks, etc.; violation of regulations as
misdemeanor
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to prescribe and publish
such regulations as he deems necessary for the proper government and
protection of, and maintenance of good order in, national military
parks, national parks, battlefield sites, national monuments, and
miscellaneous memorials as are now or hereafter may be under the control
of the Department of the Army; and any person who knowingly and
willfully violates any such regulation shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than $100 or by
imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
(Mar. 2, 1933, ch. 180, Sec. 1, 47 Stat. 1420; 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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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.
Consolidation of Functions
Functions of administration of national parks, national monuments,
etc., including national cemeteries and parks of Department of the Army
located within continental limits of United States, consolidated in an
Office of National Parks, Buildings and Reservations, see Ex. Ord. No.
6166, Sec. 2, June 10, 1933, set out as a note under section 901 of
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
National Park Service substituted for Office of National Parks,
Buildings, and Reservations referred to in Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2,
June 10, 1933, by act Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 38, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 389.
Cemeteries and Parks Transferred
Cemeteries and parks transferred, and postponement of transfer of
national cemeteries other than those named by Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 2,
as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 6228, Secs. 1, 2, July 28, 1933, set out as
notes under section 901 of Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
