I04 THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 



1918 — Executive Order of July 8, 1918 (No. 2906). 



Withdraws temporarily the area adjacent to Yosemite Park in 

 aid of pending legislation proposing the creation of a greater park 

 to be called Roosevelt Park. 



1920 — Act of June 2, 1920 (41 Stat. L., 731) — An Act To 

 accept the cession by the State of California of ex- 

 clusive jurisdiction of the lands embraced within the 

 Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, 

 and General Grant National Park, respectively, and 

 for other purposes. 



Accepts cession of California's Legislature (Act of April 15, 

 1919). Taxing and process rights reserved to State. Assigns 

 Yosemite to northern California federal judicial district; Sequoia 

 and General Grant to southern. Provides that offenses not pro- 

 hibited by federal laws be punished by state laws. Prohibits hunt- 

 ing, fishing, spoliation and vandalism and provides penalties. Regu- 

 lations to be prescribed by Secretary of Interior. Provides for 

 commissioners, defines their powers and outlines procedure. This 

 act is noteworthy in that it amends the National Park Service Act 

 (39 Stat. L., 535) by changing, in Section 3 of said act, the punish- 

 ment for violations of rules and regulations. 



1921 — Executive Order of Jan. 28, 1921 (No. 3395). 



See Executive Order No. 3394, under the Yellowstone Park, supra. 

 No. 3395 makes what amounts to an indefinite withdrawal of the 

 greater Yosemite or Roosevelt area (See Executive Order No. 

 2906) in the same terms employed in No. 3394. 



Sequoia 



1890 — Act of September 25, 1890 (26 Stat. L., 478) — An 

 Act To set apart a certain tract of land in the State 

 of California as a public park. 



[Sec. i]. That the tract ^ of land in the State of California 

 ... is hereby ... set apart as a public park, or pleasure ground, 

 for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. . . . 



Sec. 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive con- 

 trol of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be . . . 

 to make rules and regulations ... for the care and management 

 of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation 



^ This act covers part of Sequoia : the remainder is reserved by Section 

 3 of the Act of October i, 1890 (26 Stat. L., 650). 



