Chapter 121.
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CHAP. 121.— AN ACT To establish the Mount McKinley National Park, in the Territory of Alaska. February 26, 1917.[[S. 5716](/us/bill/64/s/5716).][[Public, No. 353](/us/pl/64/353).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the tract of land Mount McKinley, National Park, Alaska, established. Description.in the Territory of Alaska particularly described by and included within the metes and bounds, to wit:
Beginning at a point as shown on Plate III, reconnoissance map of the Mount McKinley region, Alaska, prepared in the Geological Survey, edition of nineteen hundred and eleven, said point being at the summit of a hill between two forks of the headwaters of the Toklat River, approximate latitude sixty-three degrees forty-seven minutes, longitude one hundred and fifty degrees twenty minutes; thence south six degrees twenty minutes west nineteen miles; thence south sixty-eight degrees west sixty miles; thence in a southeasterly direction approximately twenty-eight miles to the summit of Mount Russell; thence in a northeasterly direction approximately eighty-nine miles to a point twenty-five miles due south of a point due east of the point of beginning; thence due north twenty-five miles to said point; thence due west twenty-eight and one-half miles to the point of beginning, is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the United States, and said tract is dedicated and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, under the name of the Mount McKinley National Park.
Existing entries, etc., not impaired. Sec. 2. That nothing herein contained shall affect any valid existing claim, location, or entry under the land laws of the United States, whether for homestead, mineral, right of way, or any other purpose whatsoever, or shall affect the rights of any such claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land. Rights of way. Vol. 31, p. 790. Sec. 3. That whenever consistent with the primary purposes of the park, the Act of February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, applicable to the location of rights of way in certain national parks and national forests for irrigation and other purposes, shall be and remain applicable to the lands included within the park.
Mineral land laws not affected. Sec. 4. Nothing in this Act shall in any way modify or effect the mineral land laws now applicable to the lands in the said park. Regulations of control, etc. Sec. 5. That the said park shall be under the executive control of the Secretary of the Interior, and it shall be the duty of the said 939executive authority, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the United States as the said authority may deem necessary or proper for the care, protection, management, and improvement of the same, the said regulations being primarily aimed at the freest use of the said park for recreation purposes by the public and for the preservation of animals, birds, and fish and for the preservation of the natural curiosities and scenic beauties thereof.
Sec. 6. That the said park shall be, and is hereby, established as Game refuge established.a game refuge, and no person shall kill any game in said park except under an order from the Secretary of the Interior for the protection of persons or to protect or prevent the extermination of other animals or birds: *Provided,* That prospectors and miners engaged in prospecting *Proviso.* Killing for food permitted.or mining in said park may take and kill therein so much nutted, game or birds as may be needed for their actual necessities when short of food; but in no case shall animals or birds be killed in said park for sale or removal therefrom, or wantonly.
Sec. 7. That the said Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, Leases for accommodations for visitors.execute leases to parcels of ground not exceeding twenty acres in extent for periods not to exceed twenty years whenever such ground is necessary for the erection of establishments for the accommodation of visitors; may grant such other necessary privileges and concessions as he deems wise for the accommodation of visitors; and may likewise arrange for the removal of such mature or dead or down timber as he may deem necessary and advisable for the protection and improvement of the park: *Provided,* That no appropriation *Proviso.* Limit on appropriations.for the maintenance of said park in excess of $10,000 annually shall be made unless the same shall have first been expressly authorized by law.
Sec. 8. That any person found guilty of violating any of the Punishment for violations.provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subjected 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. Approved, February 26, 1917.