16 U.S.C. § 40 : US Code - Section 40: Additions to park; entry under other acts

Search 16 U.S.C. § 40 : US Code - Section 40: Additions to park; entry under other acts

The President of the United States is authorized, in his
discretion, to add by Executive proclamation to Yellowstone
National Park any or all of the lands within a certain territory or
tract in township 9 south, ranges 7 and 8 east, Montana principal
meridian, to wit: Beginning at a point on the north line of said
Yellowstone National Park where said line crosses the divide
between Reese Creek and Mol Heron Creek, thence northeasterly along
said divide to the junction of said divide with the branch divide
north and west of Reese Creek; thence along said branch divide in a
northeasterly and easterly direction around the drainage of Reese
Creek, to the Yellowstone River; thence southerly and southeasterly
along the west bank of the Yellowstone River to the line marking
the western limits of the town of Gardiner, Montana; thence south
on said town limits line to the northern boundary of Yellowstone
National Park; thence west along the north boundary of Yellowstone
National Park to the point of beginning, which are unappropriated
lands of the United States or which may be acquired by the United
States under the provisions of sections 37 to 40 of this title,
within the territory described in this section, subject, however,
to all valid existing claims and to reservations such as are
authorized by section 39 of this title; but, with the exception of
valid existing claims, no land so added to Yellowstone National
Park shall be subject to entry under the mining laws of the United
States: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior for such lands
as are added to Yellowstone National Park may provide by rules and
regulations for the management and use of the added lands as may in
his discretion be necessary to accomplish the purposes of sections
37 to 40 of this title: And provided further, That the lands of the
United States acquired by donation or purchase within the area
described in section 37 of this title shall not be subject to
location and entry under the mining laws of the United States nor
the Act of June 11, 1906, authorizing homestead entries in national
forests.