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per acre to Glacier Park Hotel Co. authorized, provided any hotel 

 erected on land sold be operated under rules prescribed for hotels 

 within Glacier Park. 



19 1 7 — ^Act of March 3, 19 17 (39 Stat. L., 11 22) — ^An Act 

 To authorize an exchange of lands with owners of 

 private holdings within the Glacier National Park. 



Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange for privately 

 held lands within the park boundaries matured timber of an equal 

 value on park lands, that can be removed without injury to the park ; 

 or, with the assent of the Secretary of Agriculture, timber from 

 the adjoining national forest. 



1917 — Act of June 12, 1917 (40 Stat. L., 105, 151) — An 

 Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses 

 of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 

 thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for 

 other purposes. 



Authorizes acceptance by the Secretary of the Interior of donations 

 for park purposes of "buildings, money and other property which 

 may be useful in the betterment of the administration and affairs 

 of the Glacier National Park under his supervision." 



Rocky Mountain 



1915— Act of January 26, 1915 (38 Stat. L., 798)— An Act 

 To establish the Rocky Mountain National Park in 

 the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. 



[Sec. I]. That the tract of land in the State of Colorado ... is 

 hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or dis- 

 posal under the laws of the United States, and said tract is dedicated 

 and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the 

 people of the United States, under the name of the Rocky Mountain 

 National Park: Provided, That the United States Reclamation Service 

 may enter upon and utilize for flowage or other purposes any area 

 within said park which may be necessary for the development and 

 maintenance of a Government reclamation project. 

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Sec. 4. That the said park shall be under the executive control 

 of the Secretary of the Interior, and it shall be the duty of the said 

 executive authority, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such 

 reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of 



