16 U.S.C. § 142 (2024)
This is the official text of 16 U.S.C. § 142 (2024), part of Federal (US Code)’s United States Code — the codified general and permanent federal statutes of the United States, organized into more than 50 numbered titles by subject.
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Control; regulations
Official statutory text
Wind Cave National Park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be to prescribe such rules and regulations and establish such service as he may deem necessary for the care and management of the same.
(Jan. 9, 1903, ch. 63, §2, 32 Stat. 765.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
This section is a part of section 2 of act Jan. 9, 1903. The other part of section 2 of said act is classified to section 141 of this title. See note under section 141.
(Jan. 9, 1903, ch. 63, §2, 32 Stat. 765.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
This section is a part of section 2 of act Jan. 9, 1903. The other part of section 2 of said act is classified to section 141 of this title. See note under section 141.
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