16 U.S.C. § 198c : US Code - Section 198C: Prohibited acts; rules and regulations; penalties for offenses

Search 16 U.S.C. § 198c : US Code - Section 198C: Prohibited acts; rules and regulations; penalties for offenses

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 general 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, 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 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, 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, 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.