16 U.S.C. § 57 — Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant Na-

Page 57 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 60 ented lands, and bond satisfactory to the Sec- retary of the Interior must be given for the pay- ment of such damages, if any, as shall be deter- mined by the Secretary of the Interior. (Apr. 9, 1912, ch. 74, § 3, 37 Stat. 81.) § 54. Sale of matured, dead, or down timber The Secretary of the Interior may sell and permit the removal of such matured or dead or down timber as he may deem necessary or advis- able for the protection or improvement of the park, and the proceeds derived therefrom shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. (Apr. 9, 1912, ch. 74, § 4, 37 Stat. 81.) § 55. Leases of land in park; mortgages by lessees The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered to grant leases, for periods of not ex- ceeding twenty years, at annual rentals, and under terms and conditions to be determined by him, to any person, corporation, or company he may authorize to transact business in the Yo- semite National Park, for separate tracts of land, not exceeding twenty acres each, at such places, not to exceed ten in number, to any per- son, corporation, or company in said park, as the comfort and convenience of visitors may re- quire, for the construction and maintenance of substantial hotel buildings and buildings for the protection of motor cars, stages, stock and equipment, and so forth. Such leases may, at the option of the Secretary of the Interior, contain appropriate provisions for the appraisement, at the expiration of the lease, of the value of such hotel and other buildings (or portions thereof) as may be constructed by the lessees, respec- tively, and the payment of the same to the les- sees in case a new lease be made to persons other than said lessees, such payments to be made by such new lessees, respectively. Any person or corporation or company holding a lease or leases within said park for the pur- poses above described is authorized, with the ap- proval of the Secretary of the Interior, to exe- cute mortgages upon his or its rights and prop- erties, including his or its contract or contracts with the Secretary of the Interior; such mort- gages shall be executed in duplicate and deliv- ered to the Secretary of the Interior for his ap- proval, and upon his approval thereof he shall retain one of said duplicates and file the same for record in his office. Any mortgage, lien, or encumbrance created under the provisions hereof shall be subject to the rights of the Government to compel the en- forcement of the terms of the lease or contract of the mortgagor, and any purchaser under a foreclosure of such encumbrance shall take sub- ject to all the conditions assumed by the origi- nal lessee or contractor. (Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1263, § 2, 26 Stat. 651; July 23, 1914, ch. 206, 38 Stat. 554; June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 153.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION This section superseded earlier provisions as to leases contained in section 2 of act Oct. 1, 1890. As enacted by act July 23, 1914, this section contained a provision, omitted for purposes of codification, con- tinuing in effect all existing laws relating to the park and not in conflict with it. § 56. 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. § 57. Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant Na- tional Parks; exclusive jurisdiction of United States; jurisdiction remaining in and tax- ation by California Sole and exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States over the territory embraced and included within the Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, and General Grant National Park, respectively, saving, however, to the State of California the right to serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the afore- said parks or either of them in suits or prosecu- tions for or on account of rights acquired, obli- gations incurred, or crimes committed in said State outside of said parks; and saving further to the said State the right to tax persons and corporations, their franchises and property on the lands included in said parks, and the right to fix and collect license fees for fishing in said parks; and saving also to the persons residing in any of said parks now or hereafter the right to vote at all elections held within the county or counties in which said parks are situated. (June 2, 1920, ch. 218, § 1, 41 Stat. 731.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION A provision accepting the act of the California Legis- lature which ceded to the United States exclusive juris- diction over the territory referred to in this section has been omitted as executed. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARK ABOLISHED Act Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40, § 2, 54 Stat. 43, set out as sec- tion 80a of this title, abolished the General Grant Na- tional Park and added the lands to the Kings Canyon National Park as the General Grant grove section. § 58. Laws applicable; fugitives from justice All the laws applicable to places under sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall have force and effect in said parks or ei- ther of them. All fugitives from justice taking refuge in said parks, or either of them, shall be subject to the same laws as refugees from jus- tice found in the State of California. (June 2, 1920, ch. 218, § 1, 41 Stat. 731.) § 59. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39, 62 Stat. 992, eff. Sept. 1, 1948 Section, acts June 2, 1920, ch. 218, § 4, 41 Stat. 731; Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40, § 2, 54 Stat. 43, related to offenses punishable by State laws. See section 13 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. § 60. Hunting or fishing prohibited All hunting or the killing, wounding, or cap- turing at any time of any wild bird or animal,