16 USC § 112 - Control; regulations; prehistoric ruins

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s112"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 112 - Control; regulations; prehistoric ruins"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "112"
section_name: "Control; regulations; prehistoric ruins"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XII"
subchapter_name: "MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 29, 1906, ch. 3607, § 2, 34 Stat. 617.)"
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# § 112. Control; regulations; prehistoric ruins

Mesa Verde National Park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be to prescribe such rules and regulations and establish such service as he may deem necessary for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide specifically for the preservation from injury or spoliation of the ruins and other works and relics of prehistoric or primitive man within said park.

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**Source Credit**: (June 29, 1906, ch. 3607, § 2, 34 Stat. 617.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

As enacted by act , this section began with a clause naming the park which was stricken out and inserted as the last sentence of .