An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and for other purposes

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Summary

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to give surplus elk, buffalo, bear, beaver, and predatory animals inhabiting Yellowstone National Park to Federal, State, county, and municipal authorities for preserves, zoos, zoological gardens, and parks.

Subject

United States Dept. of the Interior

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • 42 Stat. 1174
  • Title 16, Conservation
  • Public Law

Citation information

Statutes at Large

Contained within

42 Stat. 1174 (1923); ch. 42 (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

  • 1923
  • 01/24/1923

Topic

  • Game and game-birds
  • Predatory animals
  • Zoos
  • American bison
  • Elk
  • Beavers
  • Parks
  • Buffaloes
  • Bears
  • Buffalo

Place

Yellowstone National Park

Form/Genre

Public Law

Physical description

Number of pages: 5; Page Numbers: 1174, 1212-15

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