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larged by the act of June 30, 1913 (38 Stat. L., 82). 



Considerable archaeological research has been done in the 

 park by the Smithsonian Institution, and the establishment of 

 a school of archaeology has been proposed. There is a museum 

 in the park for the display o^ pottery and other relics of the 

 region. 



Glacier. Glacier Park comprises about 1500 square miles 

 in northwestern Montana adjoining the Canadian boundary, 

 and contains within its borders probably the finest Alpine 

 scenery to be found in the United States outside of Alaska. 

 It was created by the act of May 11, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 354). 

 It directly adjoins the Waterton Lakes Park of the Canadian 

 park system, on the north. 



Appropriations for this park have been regular and fairly 

 liberal from the date of its foundation, and it has been de- 

 veloped into one of the most important and popular parks of 

 the entire system. Much credit for the development and ad- 

 vertising of the park is due the Great Northern Railway, which 

 has expended between two and three million dollars in the 

 creation of a system of hotels and chalets. 



All park activities have been in civilian hands from the first, 

 the military arm never having been called upon for either pro- 

 tection or road construction. 



Acceptance from Montana of exclusive jurisdiction was 

 efifected by the act of August 22, 1914 (38 Stat. L., 699), and, 

 as in the case of all the other parks, save Piatt, in which juris- 

 diction has been ceded, penalties for violations of the laws and 

 regulations were prescribed, and provision made for a United 

 States Commissioner with jurisdiction over offenses committed 

 within the park. 



The act of July 3, 1916 (39 Stat. L., 342) provided that cer- 

 tain homesteaders who had entered upon lands in the park 

 area before the park was created should be protected in their 

 rights, but that in the event of the non-perfecting of the en- 

 tries the lands covered thereby should revert to the park. 



By the act of March 3, 1917 (39 Stat. L, 1122) the Secre- 



