National Park Service: Hearing Before the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives. Sixty-third Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 104, a Bill to Establish a National Park Service and for Other Purposes. April 29, 1914

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Página 61 - States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments...
Página 66 - He shall provide against the wanton destruction of the fish and game found within said park, and against their capture or destruction for the purposes of merchandise or profit.
Página 66 - ... proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation, from injury or spoliation, of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition.
Página 63 - War to institutions which they may deem properly qualified to conduct such examination, excavation, or gathering...
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Página 66 - That said public park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same.
Página 58 - I earnestly recommend the establishment of a bureau of national parks. Such legislation is essential to the proper management of those wondrous manifestations of nature, so startling and so beautiful that everyone recognizes the obligations of the Government to preserve them for the edification and recreation of the people.
Página 64 - Provided, That no portion of this appropriation shall be expended for the removal of snow from any of the roads for the purpose of opening them in advance of the time when they will be cleared by seasonal changes.
Página 70 - ... who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall receive a salary of six thousand dollars per annum; and there shall also be in the said bureau such experts and other employees as may from time to time be authorized by Congress.
Página 32 - Sequoia National Park, California: For 'protection and Improvement, construction and repair of bridges, fences, and trails, improvement of roads other than toll roads, $25,000.

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