HISTORY 37 



of the Interior, was relinquished to the United States. By act 

 of April 21, 1904 (33 Stat. L., 220), additions were made to 

 the park, which now comprises approximately 850 acres just 

 outside the town of Sulphur, Oklahoma. The park contains 

 several unique mineral springs and is of considerable natural 

 beauty. It also has a well-fenced game preserve containing 

 several buffaloes and elk. The Enabling Act of June 16, 1906 

 (34 Stat. L., 267) and the Oklahoma Constitution adopted 

 July 16, 1907 provided for the retention of National jurisdic- 

 tion over the park area. 



Sidlys Hill. In the Presidential Proclamation of June 2, 

 1904 (33 Stat. L., 2368), under the act of April 24, 1904 

 (33 Stat. L., 319), throwing open the Devils Lake Indian 

 .Reservation to settlement, there is incorporated a clause ex- 

 cepting some 780 acres on the south shore of Devils Lake 

 "for public use as a park to be known as Sullys Hill Park." 

 No provision was made for administration, and except for one 

 small appropriation — $500 — ^to determine its mineral or non- 

 mineral qualities, no appropriations have been made for the 

 park through the Department of the Interior. It has become 

 an important game preserve of the Bureau of Biological Sur- 

 vey, however, and has received fairly liberal appropriations 

 for that purpose. Its park uses are mostly in the nature of a 

 local picnic ground. 



Mesa Verde. Mesa Verde Park, notable for its prehistoric 

 ruins, was created by the act of June 29, 1906 (34 Stat. L., 

 616) which, though similar in general form to the average 

 park-creating law, contains a provision authorizing the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior to grant permits for excavation. In 1909 

 an attempt was made to amend this act so that the leases and 

 permits granted by the Secretary of the Interior in the park 

 should be restricted to coal mining for local use in Montezuma 

 county, Colorado, the revenue derived therefrom to be covered 

 into the Treasury without right on the part of the Secretary 

 to use it for park development. This act was vetoed by 

 President Taft on April 28, 1910. The park's area was en- 



