16 U.S.C. § 425g : US Code - Section 425G: Protection of monuments, etc.

Search 16 U.S.C. § 425g : US Code - Section 425G: Protection of monuments, etc.

If any person shall, except by permission of the Secretary of the
Interior, destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any
monument, column, statue, memorial structure, or work of art that
shall be erected or placed upon the grounds of the park by lawful
authority, or shall destroy or remove any fence, railing,
inclosure, or other work for the protection or ornament of said
park, or any portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut, hack, bark,
break down, or otherwise injure any tree, bush, or shrubbery that
may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down or fell or remove
any timber, battle relic, tree or trees growing or being upon said
park, or hunt within the limits of the park, or shall remove or
destroy any breastworks, earthworks, walls, or other defenses or
shelter or any part thereof constructed by the armies formerly
engaged in the battles on the lands or approaches to the park, any
person so offending and found guilty thereof before any justice of
the peace of the county in which the offense may be committed, or
any court of competent jurisdiction, shall for each and every such
offense forfeit and pay a fine, in the discretion of the justice,
according to the aggravation of the offense, of not less than $5
nor more than $50, one-half for the use of the park and the other
half to the informer, to be enforced and recovered before such
justice in like manner as debts of like nature were, on February
14, 1927, by law recoverable in the several counties where the
offense may be committed.