§ 430q. Offenses

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. 1934

   Pub. L. 73–694 § 8 · 48 Stat. 1198

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 430q

   June 21, 1934, ch. 694, § 8, 48 Stat. 1200

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 21, 1934, ch. 694, § 8, 48 Stat. 1200

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 8. If any person shall, except by permission of the Secretary of the Interior, destroy, mutilate., deface, injure, or remove any monument, column, statue, memorial structure, or work of art that shall be erected or placed upon the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or shall destroy or remove any fence, railing, enclosure, or other work for the protection or ornament of said park, or any portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut, hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, bush, or shrubbery that may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down or fell or remove any timber, battle relic, tree or trees growing or being upon said park, or hunt within the limits of the park, or shall remove or destroy any breast-works, earthworks, walls, or other defenses or shelter or any part thereof constructed by the armies formerly engaged in the battles on the lands or approaches to the park, any person so offending and found guilty thereof, before any United States commissioner or court, of the jurisdiction in which the offense may be committed, shall for each and every such offense forfeit and pay a fine, in the discretion of the United States commissioner or court, according to the aggravation of the offense, of not less than $5 nor more than $500.

2. 1976

   Pub. L. 94–578 title III § 319(8) · 90 Stat. 2732

   Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 430q

   Pub. L. 94–578 struck out provisions which limited fines to not less than $5 nor more than $500

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–578 struck out provisions which limited fines to not less than $5 nor more than $500.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (8) In section 8, change the comma to a period and delete “of not 16 USC 430q. less than $5 nor more than $500.”,

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision