16 U.S.C. § 161d — Elimination of fish hatchery; transfer of

Page 111 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 163 1 So in original. (May 2, 1932, ch. 157, § 2, 47 Stat. 145.) § 161c. Addition of land; establishment of fish hatchery The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to administer as a part of the Glacier National Park, in the State of Montana, subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto, the lands, or interests in lands, within the State of Montana, in township 28 north, range 20 west, Montana meridian, which may be acquired by the United States for the establishment by the National Park Service of a fish hatchery for re- stocking the waters of the said park. (July 31, 1939, ch. 395, 53 Stat. 1142.) § 161d. Elimination of fish hatchery; transfer of administration of hatchery to Fish and Wild- life Service The property at Creston, Montana, acquired by the United States for the establishment of a fish hatchery for restocking the waters of Gla- cier National Park and administered as a part of the park pursuant to section 161c of this title, together with the improvements and equipment utilized in connection with the hatchery prop- erty, is eliminated from the park. The functions of the National Park Service with regard to the administration of the afore- said properties for the benefit of the park are transferred to and shall be exercised by the Fish and Wildlife Service for the same purposes: Pro- vided, however, That such fish propagated at the hatchery as may be in excess of the number nec- essary to restock and maintain an optimum fish population in the waters of the park at all times may be utilized for the restocking of other wa- ters. (Dec. 13, 1944, ch. 555, 58 Stat. 801.) Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Fish and Wildlife Service, created by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231, succeeded by United States Fish and Wildlife Service established by act Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 3, 70 Stat. 1120. See section 742b of this title. For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer- tain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 161e. Additional lands, buildings, or other real and personal property The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, and the State of Montana is authorized to convey to the United States, without regard to the requirements contained in section 11 of the Act approved February 22, 1889 (25 Stat. 676), any lands, interests in lands, buildings, or other property, real and personal, owned by the State of Montana within the boundaries of Glacier Na- tional Park. The aforesaid properties may be ac- quired from the State of Montana by the Sec- retary of the Interior for such consideration as he may deem advisable, when the acquisition of such property would, in his judgment, be in the best interests of the United States. (Mar. 16, 1948, ch. 133, 62 Stat. 80.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 11 of the Act approved February 22, 1889 (25 Stat. 676), referred to in text, was not classified to the Code. § 162. Control; regulations; leases; sale and re- moval of timber Glacier National Park shall be under the ex- clusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duties it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the United States as he may deem necessary or proper for the care, protection, management, and improve- ment of the same, which regulations shall pro- vide for the preservation of the park in a state of nature so far as is consistent with the pur- poses of this section and section 161 of this title, and for the care and protection of the fish and game within the boundaries thereof. Said Sec- retary may, in his discretion, execute leases to parcels of ground not exceeding ten acres in ex- tent at any one place to any one person or com- pany, for not to exceed twenty years, when such ground is necessary for the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors, and to par- cels of ground not exceeding one acre in extent and for not to exceed twenty years to persons who have heretofore erected or whom he may hereafter authorize to erect summer homes or cottages; he may also sell and permit the re- moval of such matured,1 or dead or down timber as he may deem necessary or advisable for the protection or improvement of the park. (May 11, 1910, ch. 226, § 2, 36 Stat. 354.) § 162a. Summer homes and cottages After January 26, 1931, no permit, license, lease, or other authorization for the use of land within the Glacier National Park, Montana, for the erection and maintenance of summer homes or cottages shall be granted or made: Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, renew any permit, license, lease, or other authorization for such purpose granted or made prior to January 26, 1931. (Jan. 26, 1931, ch. 47, § 3, 46 Stat. 1043.) § 163. Jurisdiction by the United States; fugitives from justice Sole and exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States over the territory embraced within the Glacier National Park, saving, how- ever, to the State of Montana the right to serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid park in suits or prosecution for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed in said State but outside of said park, and saving, further, to the said State the right to tax persons and corporations, their franchises and property, on the lands included in