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 SIXTY·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Gus. 217, 218. 1920. 73]. from the Government: Prwvkied, That nothing herein shall release Prvvisc. the borrower wh0_ signed a guaranty fund agreement and whose t,%’},°§§§i‘§§,§“‘,;,,*?,'f cmp was not a. fmlurc, from zmaking the c0ntr1bution provided for U¤° °“¤¤°· in such agreement, but said §uaranty fund shall be used as stipulated in the agreement to the sctt cement of the loans to those whose crop was a faxlure. Total carried by this bill for the Department of Agriculture, $3 1 ,4 75,368. Approved, May 31, 1920. _ CHAP. 218.—An Act To accept the cession by the State of California of exclusive [gu§?3§¥2j] §u·igdiction of the lands embraced  the Yosemite National Park, Sequoia atmnal Park, and General Grant Natmna.1 Park, respectnvely, and for other purposes. Be it enacted the Senate and House 0 Representatives 0 the United. a _ States ¢Ig{Americbd/in Congress assembled, lghat the provisiofé of the act m§S`1g°m P lksf C?] of the egislatura of the State of California (approved April 15, 1919), u§,°i§‘°§a§' 0{,‘§§'S§‘,,§ ceding po the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the territory *%¤=**°d»¤°°°P*°d- embraced and included within the Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, and General Grant National Park, respectively, are hereby accepted and sole and exclusive jurisdiction is hereby assumed Rights reserved to by the United States over such territory, saving, however, to the said State. State of California the rifht to serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the aforesai parks 01- either of them in smts 01- prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed in said State outside of said parks; and saving further to the said State the right to tax crsons and corporations, their franchises and property on the landg included in said parks, and the right to Hx and collect license fees for fishing in said parks; and saving also to the persons residing in any of said arks now 01- hereafter the right to vote at all elections held within &c county or counties in whigh said parks are situated. All the laws applicable to ,pg§*,,§°§Q_S’°"” '°"’ places under sole and exclusive jmisdjctiou of the United States __ shall have force and effect in said parks or either of them. All fugi· ,,,§;“°‘“"°“ °' °““*‘ tives from justice taking refuge in said parks, or either of them, shall be subject to the same laws as refugees from justice found in the State of California. Y me mk Sec. 2. That said Yosemite National Park shall constitute a part _,¤s°§£:¤$¤ to qaixmp of the United States judicial district for the northern district of '"° "°'°h°m °“m°°’ California, and the district court of the United States in and for said northern district shall have jurisdiction of all offenses committed within said boundaries of the Yosemite National Park. Sequoia and Gum] Sec. 3. That said Sequoia National Park and General Grant Na- cmqrarks. _ tional Park shall constitute part of the United States judicial district ,,i;?s§£,$,'Z‘E,'§J,° §§`l'r{2ZY for the southern district of California., and the district court of the United States in and for said southern district shall have jmisdictiou of all offenses committed within the boundaries of said Sequoia National Park and General Grant National Park. Punishment argue} Sm:. 4. That if any offense shall be committed in the Yosemite sesmmstsmw nm. National Park, Sequoia National Park, General Grant National Park, or either of them, which offense is not rohibited or the punishment is not specifically grovided for by any law of the United States, the offender shall be su ject to the same punishment as the laws of the State of California in force at the time of the commission of the oifense may provide for a like offense in said State; and no subsequent repeal _0f any such law of the State of California shall affect any pro/secutxcn for said offense committed within said parks, or cit er of them. Hamm mlm! Sec. 5. That all hunting 01- the killing, wounding, or capturing at ¤¤¢.,pr~>¤§1$i=i<>¤s. ' any time of any wild bird or animal, except dangerous animals,