112 THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 



1904 — Presidential Proclamation of June 2, 1904. No. 32 

 (33 Stat. L., 2370). 



The proclamation, in pursuance of the authority granted in the 

 Act of April 27, 1904, throws open the Devils Lake Indian Reserva- 

 tion to settlement, reserving certain lands for various purposes, 

 among them the following: 

 "Lots 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Sect. 10, the NWj4, the Wj4 of the SWj4, 

 and lots 5 and 6 of Sect. 15, lots i and 2 of Sect. 9, the E>4 of the 

 NEJ4, the SEJ4 of the SEJ4 and lots 3, 4 and 5 of Sect. 16, T 152 

 N., R 65 W., of the fifth principal meridian, which are hereby re- 

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



1914 — ^Act of June 30, 1914 (38 Stat. L., 415, 434) — ^An 

 Act Making appropriations for the Department of 

 Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 

 nineteen hundred and fifteen. 



Authorizes establishment of a game preserve in Sujlys Hill Park. 



Mesa Verde 



1906 — Act of June 29, 1906 (34 Stat. L., 616) — An Act 

 Creating the Mesa Verde National Park. 



[Sec. i]. That there is hereby ... set aside as a public reserva- 

 tion all those certain tracts ... in the State of Colorado. . . . 



Sec. 2. That said public park shall be known as the Mesa Verde 

 National Park, and shall be under the exclusive control of the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be to prescribe such rules 

 and regulations and establish such service as he may deem necessary 

 for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall 

 provide specifically for the preservation from injury or spoliation of 

 the ruins and other works and relics of prehistoric or primitive man 

 within said park. 



The act further provides that the Secretary may permit excavat- 

 ing, etc., by properly qualified persons for the benefit of some reput- 

 able museum or educational institution with a view to promoting 

 archaeological science. 



The act also provides for the punishment of persons destroying or 

 molesting the ruins; and stipulates that all ruins situated within five 

 miles of the park boundaries, unless on land regularly alienated, shall 

 be under the jurisdiction of the superintendent. This last provision 

 was repealed by the act of June 30, 1913 (38 Stat. L., 84). 



1910 — Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 774, 796) — ^An 

 Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in 



