NATIONAL PARK NOTES 



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Text of the National Park Act 

 An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes 

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby created 

 in the Department of the Interior a service to be called the National 

 Park Service, which shall be under the charge of a director, who shall 

 be appointed by the Secretary and who shall receive a salary of $4500 

 per annum. There shall also be appointed by the Secretary the following 

 assistants and other employees at the salaries designated : One assistant 

 director, at $2500 per annum; one chief clerk, at $2000 per annum; one 

 draftsman, at $1800 per annum; one messenger, at $600 per annum; 

 and, in addition thereto, such other employees as the Secretary of the 

 Interior shall deem necessary : Provided, That not more than $8100 an- 

 nually shall be expended for salaries of experts, assistants, and em- 

 ployees within the District of Columbia not herein specifically enumer- 

 ated unless previously authorized by law. The service thus established 

 shall promote and regulate the use of the Federal areas known as na- 

 tional parks, monuments, and reservations hereinafter specified by such 

 means and measures as conform to the fundamental purpose of the said 

 parks, monuments, and reservations, which purpose is to conserve the 

 scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein 

 and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by 

 such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future 

 generations. 



Sec. 2, That the director shall, under the direction of the Secretary of 

 the Interior, have the supervision, management, and control of the sev- 

 eral national parks and national monuments which are now under the 

 jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, and of the Hot Springs 

 Reservation in the State of Arkansas, and of such other national parks 

 and reservations of like character as may be hereafter created by Con- 

 gress: Provided, That in the supervision, management, and control of 

 national monuments contiguous to national forests the Secretary of Ag- 

 riculture may co-operate with said National Park Service to such ex- 

 tent as may be requested by the Secretary of the Interior. 



Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish such 

 rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the use 

 and management of the parks, monuments, and reservations under the 

 jurisdiction of the National Park Service, and any violations of any of 

 the rules and regulations authorized by this Act shall be punished as 

 provided for in section fifty of the Act entitled "An Act to codify and 



