Chapter 63. To set apart certain lands in the State of South Dakota as a public park, to be known as the Wind Cave National Park
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CHAP. 63.— An Act To set apart certain lands in the State of South Dakota as a public park, to be known as the Wind Cave National Park. January 9, 1903.[[Public, No. 16](/us/pl/57/16).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That there are hereby reservedPublic lands.Wind Cave National Park, S. Dak., established. from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposal, and set apart as a public park, all those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of hind lying and being situate in the State of South Dakota and within the boundaries particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the southeastBoundaries. corner of section thirteen, township six south, range five east, Black Hills meridian, South Dakota; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the south-east quarter of section sixteen, said township; thence northerly along the quarter-section lines to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of section four, said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of section thirty-four, township five south, range five east: thence northerly to the northwest corner of said section: thence easterly to the northeast corner of section thirty-one, township five south, range six east; thence southerly along the section lines to the south-east corner of section seven, township six south, range six east; thence westerly to the southwest corner of said section; thence southerly to the southeast corner of section thirteen, township six south, range five east, *Proviso.*Valid rights not affected.the place of beginning: *Provided*, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any valid rights acquired in connection with any of the lands embraced within the limits of said park.
Sec. 2. That said park shall be known as the WindRegulations, etc., by Secretary of Interior. Cave National Park and 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. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior be,Lease of cavern, etc. and is hereby, authorized. in the exercise of his discretion, to rent or lease, under rules and regulations to be made by him, the cavern underlying the above-described lands, and also pieces and parcels of ground within said park for the erection of such buildings as may be required for the accommodation of visitors.
Sec. 4. That all funds arising from such rentalsUse of funds. or leases shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as a special fund to be expended in the care and improvement of said park. 766 Sec. 5. Lands for tracts relinguished.That in cases in which a tract covered by an unperfected bona fide claim or by a patent is included within the limits of this park, the settler or owner thereof may, if he desires to do so, relinquish the tract to the Government and secure other land, outside of the park, in accordance with the provisions of the law relating to the subject of such relinquishment of lands in forest reserves in the State of South Dakota.
Sec. 6. Penalty for unlawful intrusions, etc.That all persons who shall unlawfully intrude upon said park, or who shall without permission appropriate any object therein or commit unauthorized injury or waste in any form whatever upon the lands or other public property therein, or who shall violate any of the rides and regulations prescribed hereunder, shall upon conviction be fined in a sum not more than one thousand dollars or be. imprisoned for a period not more than twelve months, or shall suffer both tine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Approved, January 9, 1903.