Chapter 47. To provide for uniform administration of the national parks by the United States Department of the Interior, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 47.— An Act To provide for uniform administration of the national parks by the United States Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. January 26, 1931.[[S. 196](/us/bill/71/s/196).][[Public, No. 574](/us/pl/71/574).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That hereafterNational parks, administration.Mineral prospecting, etc., Mesa Verde, Colo., or Grand Canon, Ariz forbidden. no permit, license, lease, or other authorization for the prospecting, development, or utilization of the mineral resources within the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, or the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, shall be granted or made.
Sec. 2. That hereafter the Secretary of the Interior shall haveMount McKinley, Alaska.Regulations for surface use of mineral lands within. authority to prescribe regulations for the surface use of any mineral land locations already made or that may hereafter be made within the boundaries of Mount McKinley National Park, in the Territory of Alaska, and he may require registration of all prospectorsRegistration of miners, etc.*Proviso*.Entries. and miners who enter the park: *Provided*, That no resident of the United States who is qualified under the mining laws of the United States applicable to Alaska shall be denied entrance to the park for the purpose of prospecting or mining.
Sec. 3. That hereafter no permit, license, lease, or other authorizationGlacier, Mont., and Lassen Volcanic, Calif.Permits for summer homes, etc., prohibited. for the use of land within the Glacier National Park, Montana, or the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, for the erection and maintenance of summer homes or cottages shall be granted or made: *Provided, however*, That the Secretary of the Interior*Proviso*.Renewal of present leases, etc. may, in his discretion, renew any permit, license, lease, or other authorization for such purpose heretofore granted or made.
Sec. 4. That hereafter the acquisition of rights of way for steamAcquisition of rights of way forbidden.Lassen Volcanic, Calif. or electric railways, automobile or wagon roads, within the Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, under filings or proceedings under laws applicable to the acquisition of such rights over or upon the national-forest lands of the United States is prohibited. Sec. 5. That hereafter the acquisition of rights of way throughCertain valleys of Flathead River, Glacier, Mont. the valleys of the north and middle forks of the Flathead River 1044for steam or electric railways in the Glacier National Park, Montana, under filings or proceedings under the laws applicable to the acquisition of such rights over or upon the unappropriated public domain of the United States is prohibited.
Sec. 6. Grants of rights of way, repealed.Within Mount Rainier, Wash.Vol. 30, p. 994, repealed. That the provisions of the Act of March 2, 1899 (Thirtieth Statute, page 993), granting rights of way, under such restrictions and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may establish, to any railway or tramway company or companies for the purpose of building, constructing, and operating a railway, constructing and operating a railway or tramway line or lines, so far as the same relate to lands within the Mount Rainier National Park, *Proviso*.Exception.Washington, are hereby repealed: *Provided, however*, That nothing herein shall be construed so as to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from authorizing the use of land in said park under contract, permit, lease, or otherwise for the establishment and operation thereon of a tramway or cable line, or lines, for the accommodation or convenience of visitors and others.
Sec. 7. Within Rocky Mountain, Colo.Vol. 38, p. 800, repealed.[U. S. C., p. 405](/us/usc/p405). That the provision of the Act of January 26, 1915 (Thirty-eighth Statute, page 798), authorizing the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion and upon such conditions as he may deem wise, to grant easements or rights of way for steam, electric, or similar transportation upon or across the lands within the Rocky Mountain National Park, is hereby repealed. Approved, January 26, 1931.