1 13. Kings Canyon National Park 1 Commissioner for Sequoia National Park authorized to exercise similar Excerpt from Act of July 1, 1946 An Act To authorize the United States commissioner for the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States commissioner for the Sequoia National Park, appointed pursuant to section 8 of the Act of June 2, 1920 (41 Stat. 731, 733; 16 U.S.C., secs. 66-68), shall exercise the additional functions of a United States commissioner for the Kings Canyon National Park. The United States District Court for the Southern District of California shall prescribe the rules of procedure and practice for the commissioner in the trial of cases and for appeal to the district court. (See 28 U.S.C. § 631 note.) Page Sequoia and 141 142 142 142 143 Kings Canyon .commissioner. Parks. "Petty SEC. 2. The commissioner shall have jurisdiction to Jurisdiction. issue process in the name of the United States for the arrest of any person charged with a violation of any of the rules and regulations made by the Secretary of the Interior in pursuance of law for the government and protection of the park, or with the commission within the park of a petty offense against the law, and to try the person so charged, who, if found guilty, shall be subject to the punishment prescribed by section 3 of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C., sec. 3), as amended. For the purposes of this Act, the term "petty offense" shall be defined as in section 335 of the Criminal Code (18 U.S.C., sec. 541). In all cases of conviction an appeal shall lie from the judgment of said commissioner to the district court. (See 28 U.S.C. § 632 note.) SEC. 3. The commissioner shall have power to issue Other criminal process in the name of the United States for the arrest of any person charged with the commission within said park of any criminal offense not covered by the provisions of section 2 of this Act, and to hear the evidence introduced. If he is of the opinion that probable cause is shown for holding the person so charged for trial, he 1 See also General Legislation, pp. 16-17. 35 Stat. 1152. offense." offenses. Fees, costs, and expenses. Restriction. Kings Canyon 16 U.S.C. §§ 1-4, 22, 48. shall commit such person for further appropriate action, and shall certify a transcript of the record of his proceedings and the testimony in such case to the district court, which court shall have jurisdiction of the case. (Ibid.) SEC. 4. All fees, costs, and expenses arising in cases under this Act and properly chargeable to the United States shall be certified, approved, and paid as are like fees, costs, and expenses in the courts of the United States. All fines, fees, costs, and expenses imposed and collected shall be deposited by the commissioner, or by the marshal of the United States collecting the same, with the clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. (See 28 U.S.C. § 634 note.) Excerpt from "An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for other purposes," approved July 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 348, 377) *** Roads and trails, National Park Service: * * * Provided, That hereafter no part of appropriations made for the National Park Service shall be available for road construction in Kings Canyon National Park, California, except on the floor of the canyon of the South Fork of the Kings River and the Grant Grove section of that park. (16 U.S.C. § 80d-1.) An Act To remove the present restriction relating to the granting of privileges within Kings Canyon National Park in order that privileges hereafter granted may be consistent with those granted in other areas of the National Park System, and for other purposes, approved August 17, 1950 (64 Stat. 458) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to permit the granting of privileges within Kings Canyon National Park, California, upon terms that are consistent with those granted in other national parks pursuant to the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), the last sentence in section 4 of the Act of March 4, 1940 (54 Stat. 41, 44; 16 U.S.C., 1946 edition, sec. 80c), which limits the duration of such privileges to five years, is hereby repealed. (16 U.S.C. §80c note.) Joint Resolution To designate the General Grant tree (known as Whereas the General Grant tree, growing in the Kings Whereas Sanger, California, was, on October 1, 1949, recognized by the Post Office Department as the Nation's Christmas Tree City; and Whereas because of such dedication, and because of the work done and the interest shown by the citizens of Sanger, California, the Nation's Christmas Tree has become known nationally and internationally; and Whereas it is appropriate and desirable at this time to provide further recognition of the Nation's Christmas Tree as a living symbol of our American heritage: Therefore be it Christmas Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the General Grant tree, which is located in the Nation's Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno County, Cali- Tree. fornia, and which was dedicated by the Federal Government in 1926 as the Nation's Christmas Tree, is hereby declared to be a national shrine in memory of the men and women of the Armed Forces who have served and fought and died to keep this Nation free and to preserve the spiritual, human, and civil rights which are the essence of our American heritage. The Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, shall make appropriate provision for the perpetual care and maintenance of such shrine. SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to change the name of the General Grant tree. (16 U.S.C. § 80a note.) An Act To revise the boundary of the Kings Canyon National Park, in the State of California, and for other purposes, approved August 14, 1958 (72 Stat. 616) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of improving the boundary of Kings Canyon National Park, California, and excluding therefrom certain land that is no longer needed for park purposes, that particular area of the park, comprising approximately 160 acres, lying west of the section line between sections 21 and 22, and lying west of the section line between sections 27 and 28, township 13 south, range 30 east, Mount Diablo meridian, is hereby excluded from the park. Land excluded from the park by this section hereafter shall be a part of the Sequoia National Forest. (16 U.S.C. § 80a-1.) SEC. 2. For the purpose of facilitating park road maintenance, and to include in the park certain property that is desirable for future use and development, the following land situated in section 7, township 14 south, range 28 east, Mount Diablo meridian, is hereby excluded from the Sequoia National Forest and added to the Kings Canyon National Park: East half northeast quarter, east half west half northeast quarter, northeast quarter southeast quarter, east half northwest quarter southeast quarter, and those portions of the southeast quarter southeast quarter and of the east half southwest quarter southeast quarter, lying north of the right-of-way of State Highway 180. (16 U.S.C. § 80a-2.) 14. Lassen Volcanic National Park 1 Lands added; boundaries revised. Page Act of August 10, 1961 145 An Act To add certain federally owned land to the Lassen Volcanic National Park, in the State of California, and for other purposes, approved August 10, 1961 (75 Stat. 319) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following described lands of the Lassen National Forest are hereby excluded from the forest and added to the Lassen Volcanic National Park: Lots 1, 2, and 3, south half northeast quarter, and southeast quarter northwest quarter section 4; west half southeast quarter and those parts of the south half northwest quarter and of the southwest quarter of section 11 lying east of Lost Creek; and section 19, township 31 north, range 4 east, Mount Diablo meridian: Provided, That the aforesaid lands in section 19 are included within the national park subject to the right of the Secretary of Agriculture to construct and maintain a permanent road through such section in order to permit the use, protection, and administration of adjacent national forest lands and the removal of timber from the national forest. (16 U.S.C. § 207c.) 1 See also General Legislation, pp. 16-17. Lassen Vol- canic National Lands, |