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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 113. Examinations, excavations, and gathering objects of interest

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to permit examinations, excavations, and other gathering of objects of interest within said park by any person or persons whom he may deem properly qualified to conduct such examinations, excavations, or gatherings, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe: Provided always, That the examinations, excavations, and gatherings shall be undertaken only for the benefit of some reputable museum, university, college, or other recognized scientific or educational institution, with a view to increasing the knowledge of such objects and aiding the general advancement of archaeological science.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 59–3607 § 3 · 34 Stat. 616

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 113

    (June 29, 1906, ch. 3607, § 3, 34 Stat. 617.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (June 29, 1906, ch. 3607, § 3, 34 Stat. 617.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Excavations, etc. authorized to permit examinations, excavations, and other gathering of objects of interest within said park by any person or persons whom he may deem properly qualified to conduct such examinations, excavations, or gatherings, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe: Provided always, That the examinations, excavations, Proviso. Restriction. and gatherings are undertaken only for the benefit of some reputable museum, university, college, or other recognized scientific or educational institution, with a view to increasing the knowledge of such objects and aiding the general advancement of archaeological science.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(June 29, 1906, ch. 3607, § 3, 34 Stat. 617.)

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