16 U.S.C. § 91 — Establishment; boundaries; trespassers

Page 85 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 92a (Pub. L. 90–544, title VI, § 604, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 931.) SUBCHAPTER XI—MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK § 91. Establishment; boundaries; trespassers All those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land lying and being in the State of Washington, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point three miles east of the northeast corner of township numbered 17 north, of range 6 east of the Wil- lamette meridian; thence south through the cen- tral parts of townships numbered 17, 16, and 15 north, of range 7 east of the Willamette merid- ian, 18 miles more or less, subject to the proper easterly or westerly offsets, to a point three miles east of the northeast corner of township numbered 14 north, of range 6 east of the Wil- lamette meridian; thence east on the township line between townships numbered 14 and 15 north, 18 miles more or less to a point 3 miles west of the northeast corner of township 14 north, of range 10 east of the Willamette merid- ian; thence northerly subject to the proper eas- terly or westerly offsets, 18 miles more or less, to a point 3 miles west of the northeast corner of township numbered 17 north of range 10 east of the Willamette meridian (but in locating said easterly boundary, wherever the summit of the Cascade Mountains is sharply and well defined, the said line shall follow the said summit, where the said summit line bears west of the easterly line as herein determined); thence westerly along the township line between said townships numbered 17 and 18 to the place of beginning, are dedicated and set apart as a public park to be known and designated as the Mount Rainier National Park, 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, except as hereafter provided, shall be considered trespassers and be removed there- from. (Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 377, § 1, 30 Stat. 993.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 108–312, § 1, Oct. 5, 2004, 118 Stat. 1194, provided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting section 110d of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 110d of this title] may be cited as the ‘Mount Rainier National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004’.’’ § 92. Control; regulations; grants for buildings; rights-of-way; fish and game; removal of tres- passers Mount Rainier National Park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the In- terior, whose duty it shall be to make and pub- lish, as soon as practicable, such rules and regu- lations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such reg- ulations shall provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral depos- its, natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condi- tion. The Secretary may, in his discretion, grant parcels of ground at such places in said park as shall require the erection of buildings for the ac- commodation of visitors; all of the proceeds of said leases, and all other revenues that may be derived from any source connected with said park, to be expended under his direction in the management of the same, and the construction of roads and bridle paths therein. And through the lands of the Pacific National Forest adjoin- ing said park rights-of-way are hereby granted, under such restrictions and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may establish, to any railway or tramway company or companies, through the lands of said Pacific National For- est, and also into said park created by section 91 of this title, for the purpose of building, con- structing, and operating a railway, constructing and operating a railway or tramway line or lines, through said lands, also into said park. He shall provide against the wanton destruction of the fish and game found within said park, and against their capture or destruction for the pur- poses of merchandise or profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the same after the passage of sections 91, 92, and 93 of this title to be removed therefrom, and generally shall be authorized to take all such measures as shall be necessary to fully carry out the objects and purposes of sections 91, 92 and 93 of this title. (Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 377, § 2, 30 Stat. 994.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION ‘‘Pacific National Forest’’ was substituted for ‘‘Pa- cific Forest Reserve’’ on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest re- serves shall hereafter be known as national forests. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries REPEALS Repeal of provisions of this section relating to grant- ing rights-of-way to railway or tramway companies for purpose of building and operating a railway or tram- way, so far as they relate to lands within Mount Rainier National Park, see section 92a of this title. § 92a. Rights-of-way for railways, tramways, and cable lines The provisions of section 92 of this title, granting rights-of-way, under such restrictions and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may establish, to any railway or tramway com- pany or companies for the purpose of building, constructing, and operating a railway, con- structing and operating a railway or tramway line or lines, so far as the same relate to lands within the Mount Rainier National Park, Wash- ington, are repealed: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall be construed so as to pro- hibit the Secretary of the Interior from author- izing the use of land in said park under contract, permit, lease, or otherwise for the establishment and operation thereon of a tramway or cable line, or lines, for the accommodation or conven- ience of visitors and others. (Jan. 26, 1931, ch. 47, § 6, 46 Stat. 1044.)