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exclusive federal jurisdiction shall be in effect there. It consti- 

 tutes the park a part of the federal district of Wyoming and pro- 

 vides for the appointment of a Commissioner to reside in the park 

 and try cases therein, and of deputy marshals for the service of 

 process, etc. It also provides for the erection of a building to con- 

 tain a jail and courtroom. It forbids hunting and fishing, or the 

 killing of any animal except to preserve human life or prevent 

 injury; authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make rules and 

 regulations for the protection of the game, etc., and prescribes 

 penalties for violation of the act and rules made under it. 



1894 — Act of August 3, 1894 (28 Stat. L., 222) — An Act 

 Concerning leases in the Yellowstone National Park. 



Secretary of the Interior given discretionary authority to make 

 leases in the Park under certain definite restrictions safeguarding 

 the natural wonders from being made the subjects of exclusive 

 privilege. So much of the act of March 3, 1883 as conflicts vi^ith 

 the present act is repealed. 



1899 — Act of March i, 1899 (30 Stat. L., 918) — An Act To 

 provide compensation for a bridge and for buildings 

 and other improvements constructed by certain per- 

 sons upon public lands afterwards set apart and re- 

 served as the Yellowstone National Park. 



1900 — Act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. L., 588, 625) — An Act 

 Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of 

 the Government for the fiscal year ending June 

 thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other 

 purposes. 



That road extensions and improvements shall hereafter be made 

 in said park under and in harmony with a general plan of roads 

 and improvements to be approved by the Chief of Engineers of the 

 Army. 



1902 — Act of May 27, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 236) — An Act for 

 the allowance of certain claims for stores and sup- 

 plies reported by the Court of Claims under the 

 provisions of the act approved March 3, 1883, and 

 commonly known as the Bowman Act, and for 

 other purposes. 



