The Secretary of the Army, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized and directed to make the necessary detail of troops to prevent trespassers or intruders from entering the Sequoia National Park, the Yosemite National Park, and the General Grant National Park, respectively, in California, for the purpose of destroying the game or objects of curiosity therein, or for any other purpose prohibited by law or regulation for the government of said reservations, and to remove such persons from said parks if found therein.
June 6, 1900, ch. 791, § 1 31 Stat. 618 July 26, 1947, ch. 343 61 Stat. 501 (, ; , title II, § 205(a), .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II 61 Stat. 501 act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 70A Stat. 641 Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
General Grant National Park Abolished
Act Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40, § 2 54 Stat. 43 section 80a of this title, , set out as , abolished the General Grant National Park and added the lands to the Kings Canyon National Park as the General Grant grove section.