16 U.S.C. § 36 (2024)
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Disposition of surplus elk, buffalo, bear, beaver, and predatory animals
Official statutory text
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and under regulations to be prescribed by him, to give surplus elk, buffalo, bear, beaver, and predatory animals inhabiting Yellowstone National Park to Federal, State, county, and municipal authorities for preserves, zoos, zoological gardens, and parks. He may sell or otherwise dispose of the surplus buffalo of the Yellowstone National Park herd, and all moneys received from the sale of any such surplus buffalo shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
(Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1214.)
(Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1214.)
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