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the United States, as the said authority may deem necessary or 

 proper for the care, protection, management, and improvement of 

 the same, the said regulations being primarily aimed at the freest 

 use of the said park for recreation purposes by the public and the 

 preservation of the natural conditions and scenic beauties thereof. 

 The said authority may, in his discretion, execute leases to parcels 

 of ground not exceeding twenty acres in extent in any one place 

 to any person or company for not to exceed twenty years whenever 

 such ground is necessary for the erection of establishments for the 

 accommodation of visitors, may grant such other necessary privileges 

 and concessions as he deems wise for the accommodation of visitors, 

 and may likewise arrange for the removal of such mature or dead 

 or down timber as he may deem necessary and advisable for the 

 protection and improvement of the park. The regulations govern- 

 ing the park shall include provisions for the use of automobiles 

 therein : Provided, That no appropriation for the maintenance, super- 

 vision or improvement of said park in excess of $10,000 annually shall 

 be made unless the same shall have first been expressly authorized 

 by law.^ 



The act also provided for the non-impairment of theretofore exist- 

 ing land entries; and the granting of rights of way for transporta- 

 tion lines across the park by the Secretary of the Interior at his 

 discretion. It also provides that privately held lands within the park 

 shall not be affected by the law, and that when not inconsistent with 

 primary purposes of the park the law regarding irrigational rights 

 of way the act of Feb. 15, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 790) shall be applicable 

 to the park. 



1917 — Act of February 14, 1917 (39 Stat. L., 916) — An Act 

 To add certain lands to Rocky Mountain National 

 Park, Colorado. 



1917 — Act of June 12, 1917 (40 Stat. L., 105, 152) — An Act 

 Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of 

 the Government fbr the fiscal year ending June 

 thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for 

 other purposes. 



See same act under Mount Rainier. 



1919— Act of March i, 1919 (40 Stat. L., 1270)— An Act 

 To repeal the last proviso of Section 4 of an Act to 

 establish the Rocky Mountain National Park, in the 

 State of Colorado, and for other purposes, approved 

 January twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and fifteen. 

 1 Proviso repealed by Act of March i, 1919 (40 Stat. L., 1271). 



