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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 434. 1928 . 459 for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed outside of said park ; and saving further to the said State the right to tax persons and corporations, their franchises and prop- erty on the lands included in said tracts ; and saving also to the persons residing in said park now or hereafter the right to vote at all elections held within the county or counties in which said tracts Appl ication o f are situated. All the laws applicable to places under the sole and United states laws. exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall have force and effect Extradition of crim- in said park. All fugitives from justice taking refuge in said park inals . shall be subject to the same laws as refugees from justice found in the State of Colorado. Assigned to Colorado SEC. 2. That said park shall constitute a part of the United States judicial district. judicial district for the State of Colorado, and the district court of the United States in and for said district shall have jurisdiction of all offenses committed within said boundaries. Puni shment of of- SEC. 3. That if any offense shall be committed in the Mesa Verde fences a gainst State Nat ional Pa rk, whic h offens e is not prohibi ted or t he punis hment fo r laws. which is not specifically provided for by any law of the United States, the offender shall be subject to the same punishment as the laws of the State of Colorado in force at the time of the commission of the offense may provide for a like offense in said State ; and no subsequent repeal of any su ch law of the State of Colorado shall affect any prosecution for said offense committed within said park. IIunting,fishing, SEC. 4. That all hunting or the killing, wounding, or capturing at ete .,prohibitio ns. any time of any wild bird or animal, except dangerous animals when it is necessary to prevent them from destroying human lives or in- flicting personal injury, is prohibited within the limits of said park ; nor shall any fish be taken out of the waters of the park in any other way than by hook and line, and then only at such seasons and in such times and manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior. That the Secretar of th e Int erior shall make and ublish such en- Regulations, etc ., to 3r li g be prescribed. eral rules and regulations as he may deem necessary and proper for the management and care of the park and for the protection of the property therein, especially for the preservation f rom injury or spo liation of the r uins and other w orks and relics of prehi storic o r pr imitive man, all timber, natural curiosi ties, or wonderf ul objec ts wi thin sai d park, and for the prot ection o f the an imals an d birds in the park from capture or destruction, and to prev ent th eir b eing fri gh ten ed or driven fr om the park ; and he shall ma ke ru les and regulations governing the taking of fish from the streams or lakes in the park. Possession within said park of the dead bodies, or an Evidence of viola- in tions. part thereof, of any wild bird or animal shall be prima facie evidence that the person or persons having the same are guilty of violating Punishment for vi. . this Act. Any person or persons, or st age or express com pa ny, or lating provisions here , railway company, who knows or has reason to believe that they were of, etc. taken or killed contrary to the provisions of this Act and who receives for transportation any of said animals, birds, or fish so killed, cau ght, or taken, o r who shall viol ate any of the p rovisions of thi s Act or any rule or regulation that may be promulgated by the Secretary of the Inter ior w ith re feren ce to the m anage ment and care of the park or for the protection of the property therein, for the preserva- tion from injury or spoliation of the ruins and other works and relics of prehist oric or primitiv e man, a nd timbe r, natur al curio sities, or w onderf ul ob jects within said park, or for the protection of the animals, birds, or fish in the park, or who shall within said park commit any damage, injury, or spoliation to or upon any building, fence, hedge, gate, guidepost, tree, wood, underwood, timber, garden, crops, vegetables, plants, land, springs, natural curiosities, or other matter or thing growing or being thereon or situated therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not 54 835°-2 9---sT 1-33

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