16 U.S.C. § 98 : US Code - Section 98: Protection of game and fish; forfeitures and punishments

Search 16 U.S.C. § 98 : US Code - Section 98: Protection of game and fish; forfeitures and punishments

All hunting or the killing, wounding, or capturing at any time of
any wild bird or animal, except dangerous animals when it is
necessary to prevent them from destroying human lives or inflicting
personal injury, is prohibited within the limits of said park; nor
shall any fish be taken out of the waters of the park in any other
way than by hook and line, and then only at such seasons and in
such times and manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the
Interior. That the Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish
such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary and proper for
the management and care of the park and for the protection of the
property therein, especially for the preservation from injury or
spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits other than those legally
located prior to May 27, 1908, natural curiosities, or wonderful
objects within said park, and for the protection of the animals and
birds in the park from capture or destruction, and to prevent their
being frightened or driven from the park; and he shall make rules
and regulations governing the taking of fish from the streams or
lakes in the park. Possession within said park of the dead bodies,
or any part thereof, of any wild bird or animal shall be prima
facie evidence that the person or persons having the same are
guilty of violating this Act. Any person or persons, or stage or
express company, or railway company, who knows or has reason to
believe that they were taken or killed contrary to the provisions
of this Act and who receives for transportation any of said
animals, birds, or fish so killed, caught, or taken, or who shall
violate any of the other provisions of this Act, or any rule or
regulation that may be promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior
with reference to the management and care of the park or for the
protection of the property therein, for the preservation from
injury or spoliation of timber, mineral deposits other than those
legally located prior to May 27, 1908, natural curiosities, or
wonderful objects within said park, or for the protection of the
animals, birds, or fish in the park, or who shall within said park
commit any damage, injury, or spoliation to or upon any building,
fence, hedge, gate, guidepost, tree, wood, underwood, timber,
garden, crops, vegetables, plants, land, springs, mineral deposits
other than those legally located prior to May 27, 1908, natural
curiosities, or other matter or thing growing or being thereon or
situated therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment not
exceeding six months, or both, and be adjudged to pay all costs of
the proceedings.