The purpose of setting aside such an area is to preserve and conserve its natural features, including existing flora and fauna, in as nearly a natural condition as possible, thus providing a place where duly qualified students can make observations and scientific investigations for increase of knowledge, under such conditions and regulations as may be prescribed by the Smithsonian Institution.
July 2, 1940, ch. 516, § 254 Stat. 72460 Stat. 1101(, ; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 801, eff. , 11 F.R. 7877, .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 1382 of Title 48Section was formerly classified to , Territories and Insular Possessions.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
“Smithsonian Institution” substituted in text for “Board of Directors of the Canal Zone Biological Area” by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.