16 U.S.C. § 41 — Untitled legal text

Page 44 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 40a thorized by section 39 of this title; but, with the exception of valid existing claims, no land so added to Yellowstone National Park shall be subject to entry under the mining laws of the United States: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior for such lands as are added to Yel- lowstone National Park may provide by rules and regulations for the management and use of the added lands as may in his discretion be nec- essary to accomplish the purposes of sections 37 to 40 of this title: And provided further, That the lands of the United States acquired by donation or purchase within the area described in section 37 of this title shall not be subject to location and entry under the mining laws of the United States nor the Act of June 11, 1906, authorizing homestead entries in national forests. (May 26, 1926, ch. 399, § 6, 44 Stat. 656.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Act of June 11, 1906, referred to in text, means act June 11, 1906, ch. 3074, 34 Stat. 233, which was classified to sections 506 to 508 and 509 of this title, and was re- pealed by Pub. L. 87–869, § 4, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157. § 40a. Educational facilities for dependents of employees; payments to school districts; limi- tation on amount Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, payments may be made, as provided in sections 40a to 40c of this title, in advance or otherwise, from any rev- enues received by the United States from visi- tors to Yellowstone National Park, to the appro- priate school district or districts serving that park, as reimbursement for educational facili- ties (including, where appropriate, transpor- tation to and from school) furnished by the said district or districts to pupils who are dependents of persons engaged in the administration, oper- ation, and maintenance of the park, and living at or near the park upon real property of the United States not subject to taxation by the State or local agencies and upon which pay- ments in lieu of taxes are not made by the United States: Provided, That the payments for any school year for the aforesaid purpose shall not exceed that part of the cost of operating and maintaining such facilities which the number of pupils, in average daily attendance during that year, bears to the whole number of pupils in av- erage daily attendance at those schools for that year. (June 4, 1948, ch. 417, § 1, 62 Stat. 338.) § 40b. Cooperative agreements with States or local agencies; expansion; Federal contribu- tions If in the opinion of the Secretary of the Inte- rior, the aforesaid educational facilities cannot be provided adequately and payment made therefor on a pro rata basis, as prescribed in sec- tion 40a of this title, the Secretary of the Inte- rior, in his discretion, may enter into coopera- tive agreements with States or local agencies for (a) the operation of school facilities, (b) for the construction and expansion of local facili- ties at Federal expense, and (c) for contribution by the Federal Government, on an equitable basis satisfactory to the Secretary, to cover the increased cost to local agencies for providing the educational services required for the pur- poses of sections 40a to 40c of this title. (June 4, 1948, ch. 417, § 2, 62 Stat. 339.) § 40c. Creation of special fund; expenditure For the purposes of sections 40a and 40b of this title, the Secretary of the Treasury is author- ized to maintain hereafter in a special fund a sufficient portion of the park revenues, based upon estimates to be submitted by the Sec- retary of the Interior, and to expend the same upon certification by the Secretary of the Inte- rior. (June 4, 1948, ch. 417, § 3, 62 Stat. 339.) SUBCHAPTER VI—SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARK ABOLISHED General Grant National Park was abolished and lands transferred to Kings Canyon National Park, see section 80a of this title. § 41. Sequoia National Park; establishment; boundaries; trespassers The tract of land in the State of California known and described as township numbered 18 south, of range numbered 30 east, also township 18 south, range 31 east; and sections 31, 32, 33, and 34, township 17 south, range 30 east, all east of Mount Diablo meridian, is reserved and with- drawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedi- cated and set apart as a public park, or pleasure ground, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people; and all persons who shall locate or settle upon, or occupy the same or any part thereof ex- cept as provided in section 43 of this title, shall be considered trespassers and removed there- from. (Sept. 25, 1890, ch. 926, § 1, 26 Stat. 478.) § 42. Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. 1028 Section, act July 1, 1916, ch. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. 308, re- lated to donations of lands or rights-of-way. § 43. Sequoia National Park; rules and regula- tions; leases; fish and game; trespassers Sequoia National Park shall be under the ex- clusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from injury of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition. The Secretary may, in his discretion, grant leases for building pur- poses for terms not exceeding ten years of small parcels of ground not exceeding five acres, at such places in said park as shall require the erection of buildings for the accommodation of