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156 THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 
same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from 
injury or spoliation, of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curi- 
osities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their 
natural condition. The secretary may, in his discretion, grant ~ 
leases for building purposes for terms not exceeding ten years, of 
smail parcels of ground, at such places in said park as shall re- 
quire the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors; 
all of the proceeds of said leases, and all other revenues ....++ 
to be expended under his direction in the management of the same, 
and the construction of roads and bridle paths therein. He shall ' 
provide against the wanton destruction of the fish and game s. : 
and against their capture or destruction for the purposes of mer- 
chandise’or profit, ... ....... and generally shall be author- 
ized to take all sych measures as shall be necessary or proper to 
carry out fully the objects and purposes of this act.”* 
- It is impossible to find fault with this bill, so far as it goes, for ? 
it is a model of concise expression, while it is certainly explicit — 
enough to show clearly its objects and intentions; nevertheless it 
is marked by one of those strange inconsistencies which seem in- 
separable from our present system of wnadvised legislation upon 
ou matters connected with public improvements.t I refer to the au- 
` thority given to the Secretary of the Interior and the duties 
thereby imposed upon him, without the power of exercising the 
one or of fulfilling the other. Ample provision has been made for 
the protection and preservation of the park and its denizens, pro 
vided that no one ae to injure or destroy within its borders. 
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Ta baat r be due to myself, in consideration of a certain air Sof novelty or incom 
a Bletcness w ich may attach to this. seine to ae more definitely m position p tion wit 
respect to the question of the relations 1 Government. 
nly that t I may be} 
in the plans here proposed, but also cai I believe that. the 
bined action t rt , then, 
of the > fi 
unprofitable an aiid tnia to the best interesi 
-aṣ it is upon a careful study of the facts in the case, natu 
_ whether any method possessi ssessing equal PA iii advantages conl 
e T ANa nea ese’ After 1 
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