36 THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 



tion was accepted by the act of June 30, 1916 (39 Stat. L., 



24.3)- 



Crater Lake. Crater Lake National Park, comprising about 

 250 square miles in Southwestern Oregon, surrounding the 

 lake of the same name, was created by the act of May 22, 1902 

 (32 Stat. L., 202). This act corresponds in general to the 

 other park acts, but makes no provision for use of park 

 revenues in the development of the park, as do the acts creating 

 the parks heretofore noticed. Administration and protection 

 have always been performed by civilians, but until 1919 road 

 building was in charge of Army engineers. 



Cession of exclusive jurisdiction by Oregon was accepted 

 by the United States by the act of August 21, 191 6 (39 Stat. 

 L., 512). 



Wind Cave. This park, which includes some 10,000 acres 

 in Southwestern South Dakota, was created by the act of Jan- 

 uary 9, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 765). By the act of August 12, 

 1912 (37 Stat. L., 293) part of the park area was constituted 

 a game preserve, and the Secretary of Agriculture was author- 

 ized to purchase necessary adjoining lands and enclose and 

 protect the preserve. Several tracts of privately owned land 

 which were inside the park boundaries at the time the park 

 was created have since been acquired by the National Govern- 

 ment. 



The game preserve is in charge of the Bureau of Biological 

 Survey and includes some 4000 acres, well fenced, on which 

 are maintained herds of buffalo, elk, antelope, and deer. 



An Executive Order of July 14, 1920, temporarily with- 

 drew 2% sections of public land adjoining the park to con- 

 serve a water supply for the animal herds. 



Piatt. This park, known as Sulphur Springs Reservation 

 until the name was changed by joint resolution of June 29, 

 1906 (34 Stat. L., 837), was created by the act of July i. 

 1892 (32 Stat. L., 641, 655). This act confirmed an agree- 

 ment made with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, and by 

 its provisions a tract of land, to be designated by the Secretary 



