§37 . Provision of feed and range facilities for game animals

As a means of providing within township 8 south, ranges 7 and 8 east, and township 9 south, ranges 7, 8, and 9 east, Montana principal meridian, the winter range and winter feed facilities indispensable for the adequate and proper protection, preservation, and propagation of the elk, antelope, and other game animals of the Yellowstone National Park and adjacent lands, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, and subject to the limitation hereinafter prescribed may, and is, authorized to perform the following acts:

(a) Accept and deposit in a special fund in the Treasury, and expend for the acquisition of lands as herein authorized, private funds donated for such purpose.

(b) Acquire by purchase, or by acceptance of donations or bequests, such lands in private or State ownership within the townships above described as he may deem necessary to carry out the purpose of sections 37 to 40 of this title.

(May 26, 1926, ch. 399, §1, 44 Stat. 655 .)

Cross References

Conservation of elk in Wyoming, National Elk Refuge in Wyoming, and Wyoming Elk Reserve, see sections 673 to 673c of this title.

Trust funds, donations for National Park Service deposited into Treasury as, see section 1321 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 38, 39, 40 of this title.