grade, the passage will be on the outer side. A passenger team must not be passed on a dangerous grade. 10. Miscellaneous.-Automobiles and motorcycles are not permitted in the park. No person shall ride or drive faster than a walk over any of the Government bridges within the park. Riding or driving at night other than in cases of emergency is forbidden. Persons with animals using trails must keep therein. Leaving the trails for the purpose of making short cuts will not be permitted. It is forbidden to wash clothing or cooking utensils or in any other way pollute the waters of the rivers and creeks of the parks, or to bathe in any of the streams near the regularly traveled thoroughfares in the park without suitable bathing clothes. It is forbidden to water stock directly from the river or creeks above any tourist camp. A bucket or other vessel should be used. It is forbidden to tie stock so as to permit their entering any of the streams of the parks. All animals should be kept a sufficient distance from camping grounds not to litter the ground and make unfit for use the area which may be used later as tent sites. It is forbidden for anyone to soil or in any way write upon or mutilate any of the signs or structures erected for public convenience. It is forbidden to take bark from any live sequoia tree on the park lands. Campers and all others, save those holding licenses from the Secretary of the Interior, are prohibited from hiring their horses, trappings, or vehicles to tourists or visitors in the park. All complaints by tourists and others as to service, etc., rendered in the reservation should be made to the superintendent, in writing, before the complainant leaves the park. 11. The penalty for disregard of these instructions is summary ejection from the park. REGULATIONS OF MARCH 30, 1912, GOVERNING THE IMPOUNDING AND DISPOSITION OF LOOSE LIVE STOCK FOUND IN THE SEQUOIA AND GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARKS. Horses, cattle, or other domestic live stock running at large or being herded or grazed on the Government lands in the Sequoia and General Grant National Parks without authority from the superintendent of the park will be taken up and impounded by the superintendent, who will at once give notice thereof to the owner, if known. If the owner is not known, notices of such impounding, giving a description of the animal or animals, with the brands thereon, will be posted in six public places inside the park and in two public places outside the park. Any owner of an animal thus impounded may at any time before the sale thereof reclaim the same upon proving ownership and paying the cost of notice and all expenses incident to the taking up and detention of such animal, including the cost of feeding and caring for the same. If any animal thus impounded shall not be reclaimed within 30 days from notice to the owner or from the date of posting notices, it shall be sold at public auction at such time and place as may be fixed by the superintendent after 10 days' notice, to be given by posting notices in six public places in the park and two public places outside the park and by mailing to the owner, if known, a copy thereof. All money received from the sale of such animals and remaining after the payment of all expenses incident to the taking up, impounding, and selling thereof, shall be carefully retained by the superintendent in a separate fund for a period of six months, during which time the net proceeds from the sale of any animal may be claimed by and paid to the owner upon the presentation of satisfactory proof of ownership; and if not so claimed within six months from the date of sale such proceeds shall be turned into the park funds of the Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, respectively. The superintendent shall keep a record in which shall be set down a description of all animals impounded, giving the brands found on them, the date and locality of the taking up, the date of all notices and manner in which they were given, the date of sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the amount for which each animal was sold and the cost incurred in connection therewith, and the disposition of the proceeds. The superintendent will, in each instance, make every reasonable effort to ascertain the owner of animals impounded and to give actual notice thereof to such owner. GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARK. General Regulations of March 30, 1912. 1. By act of Congress approved October 1, 1890, the tract of land in the State of California described as sections 5 and 6, in township 14 south, range 28 east of Mount Diablo meridian, and also sections 31 and 32, of township 13 south, range 28 east of the same meridian, have been set apart for a public park, and the same shall be known as the "General Grant National Park," "General Grant" being the name by which the great tree therein is so widely known. All other provisions of the General Grant National Park regulations are the same as those for Sequoia National Park. Instructions of March 30, 1912. 1. Interference with or molestation of any bird, bird's nest, or wild animal on the park lands in any way by any person not authorized by the superintendent is prohibited." 2. The wanton destruction of wild flowers, plants, or shrubs growing on the park lands is forbidden. 3. Fires.-The greatest care must be exercised to insure the complete extinction of all camp fires before they are abandoned. All ashes and unburned bits of wood must, when practicable, be thoroughly soaked with water. Where fires are built in the neighborhood of decayed logs, particular attention must be directed to the extinguishment of fires in the decaying mold. Fire may be extinguished where water is not available by a complete covering of earth well packed down. Care should be taken that no lighted match, cigar, or cigarette is dropped in any grass, twigs, leaves, or tree mold. 4. Camps.-In selecting a camping ground its location should be sufficiently distant from the water source, stream, or spring as not to be objectionable to those who may wish to camp in the vicinity and use the same water source at the same time. Blankets, clothing, hammocks, or any other article liable to frighten teams must not be hung near the road. Camp grounds must be kept in sanitary and neat condition at all times, and upon their abandonment all kitchen refuse, cast-off wearing apparel, tin cans, paper boxes, etc., must be deposited in a pit provided for the purpose. When camps are made at unusual places where pits may not be provided, all refuse must be hidden where it will not be offensive, to the end that the site will be suitable for use by future campers. 5. Bicycles. The greatest care must be exercised by persons using bicycles. On meeting a team the rider must stop and stand at side of road between the bicycle and the team-the outer side of the road if on a grade or curb. In passing a team from the rear, the rider should learn from the driver if his horses are liable to frighten, in which case the driver should halt and the rider dismount and walk past, keeping between the bicycle and the team. 6. Fishing.-All fish less than 8 inches in length should at once be returned to the water with the least damage possible to the fish. Fish that are to be retained must be at once killed by a blow on the back of the head or by thrusting a knife or other sharp instrument into the head. No person shall catch more than 20 fish in one day. 7. Dogs and cats. Cats are not permitted on the park lands, and dogs only to those persons passing through the park to the territory beyond, in which instances they must be kept tied while crossing the park. This rule does not apply to trained dogs used by Government employees in extermination of predatory wild animals. 8. Stages.-Stages carrying passengers through the General Grant National Park shall stop at the main tourist camp, in order that passengers wishing accommodations will not be compelled to walk to the crossroads, one-fourth mile distant. 9. Dead animals.-All domestic animals that may die on the park lands at any tourist camp or along any of the public thoroughfares must be immediately removed to a point not nearer than one-fourth mile from such camp or thoroughfare and there be buried at least 2 feet beneath the ground by the owner or person having charge of such animal. 10. Driving on roads in park.-(a) Drivers of vehicles of any description drawn by animals, when overtaken by other vehicles traveling at a faster rate of speed, shall, if requested to do so, turn out and give the latter free and unobstructed passageway. (b) Vehicles in passing each other must each give full half of the roadway. This applies to freight outfits as well as any other, but not to automobiles or motor cycles otherwise provided for. (c) Freight, baggage, and heavy camping outfits will take the outer side of the road when being passed by passenger vehicles in either direction. (d) Transportation companies and all other parties and persons using the park roads will be held liable for violations of these instructions. (e) Mounted men, on meeting a passenger team on a grade, will halt on the outer side until the team passes. When approaching a passenger team from the rear warning must be given, and no faster gait will be taken than is necessary to make the passage, and if on a grade the passage will be on the outer side. A passenger team must not be passed on a dangerous grade. 11. Miscellaneous.-Automobiles and motor cycles are permitted in this park under special regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. No person shall ride or drive faster than a walk over any of the Government bridges within the park. Riding or driving at night other than in cases of emergency is forbidden. Persons with animals using trails must keep therein; leaving the trails for the purpose of making short cuts will not be permitted. It is forbidden to wash clothing or cooking utensils, or in any other way pollute the waters of the rivers and creeks of the parks, or to bathe in any of the streams near the regularly traveled thoroughfares in the park without suitable bathing clothes. It is forbidden to water stock directly from the river or creeks above any tourist camp. A bucket or other vessel should be used. It is forbidden to tie stock so as to permit their entering any of the streams of the park. All animals should be kept a sufficient distance from camping grounds not to litter the ground and make unfit for use the area which may be used later as tent sites. It is forbidden for anyone to soil or in any way write upon or mutilate any of the signs or structures erected for public convenience. It is forbidden to take bark from any live sequoia tree on the park lands. Campers and all others, save those holding licenses from the Secretary of the Interior, are prohibited from hiring their horses, trappings, or vehicles to tourists or visitors in the park. All complaints by tourists and others as to service, etc., rendered in the reservation should be made to the superintendent, in writing, before the complainant leaves the park. 12. The penalty for disregard of these instructions is summary ejection from the park. REGULATIONS OF JUNE 28, 1913, GOVERNING THE ADMISSION OF AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR CYCLES INTO THE SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK. Pursuant to authority conferred by the acts of September 25 and October 1, 1890 (26 Stat., 478, 650), setting aside certain lands in the State of California as a public park, the following regulations governing the admission of automobiles and motor cycles into the Sequoia National Park are hereby established and made public: 1. No automobiles or motor cycles will be permitted within the metes and bounds of Sequoia National Park unless the owners thereof secure a written permit from the acting superintendent or his representative. Permits may be obtained from the acting superintendent at Three Rivers, Cal., or his authorized representative at Rocky Gulch Station on the Government road in the Sequoia National Park. 2. Applications for permit must show: (a) Name of owner, (b) number of machine, (c) name of driver, and (d) inclusive dates for which permit is desired, and be accompanied by a fee of $5 for a single round trip through the park.1 Permits must be presented to the acting superintendent or his authorized representative at the Rocky 1 Effective July 17, 1915, this paragraph amended so that fee for single round trip through the park is fixed at $2.50, and fee for season permit is fixed at $10. Gulch Station on the Government road. The permittee will not be allowed to do a commercial or transportation business in the park without a special license therefor from the Secretary of the Interior. All permits will expire on October 1 of the year of issue. 3. The use of automobiles and motor cycles will be permitted on the Giant Forest Road, from the western boundary of the Sequoia National Park to Camp Sierra, the tourists' camp grounds, not earlier than 7 a. m., and not latter than 5.30 p. m. No automobile or motor cycle shall leave Camp Sierra in the direction of the western park boundary later than 6 p. m. 4. When teams approach, motor vehicles will take position on the outer edge of roadway, regardless of the direction in which they are going, taking care that sufficient room is left on the inside for the passage of teams. 5. Motors will stop when teams approach, and remain at rest until teams have passed or until teamsters are satisfied regarding the safety of their teams. 6. Speed will be limited to 6 miles per hour, except on straight stretches where approaching teams will be visible, when, if no teams are in sight, this speed may be increased; but in no event, however, shall it exceed 15 miles per hour. 7. Signal with horn will be given at or near every bend to announce to approaching teams the proximity of the motors. 8. Teams have the right of way, and machines will be backed or otherwise handled, as necessary, so as to enable teams to pass with safety. 9. All persons when entering the park with machines are required to stop at Rocky Gulch Station and register their names. 10. Violation of any of the foregoing rules, or the general regulations for the government of the park, will cause revocation of permit; will subject the owner of the machine to any damages occasioned thereby, and to ejectment from the reservation; and be cause for refusal to issue a new permit to the owner without prior sanction in writing from the Secretary of the Interior. REGULATIONS OF MAY 1, 1914, GOVERNING THE ADMISSION OF AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR CYCLES INTO THE GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARK. Pursuant to authority conferred by the act of October 1, 1890 (26) Stat., 650), setting aside certain lands in the State of California as a public park, the following regulations governing the admission of automobiles into the General Grant National Park are hereby established and made public: 1. No automobile will be permitted within the metes and bounds of General Grant National Park unless the owner thereof secures a written permit from the acting superintendent or his representative. Permits may be obtained from the acting superintendent at Three Rivers, Cal., or his authorized representative at the rangers' headquarters on the Government road in the General Grant National Park. 2. Applications for permits must show: (a) Name of owner, (b) number of machine, (c) name of driver, and (d) inclusive dates for which permit is desired, not exceeding one year, and be accompanied by a fee of $1 for a single round trip through the park, or a fee of $5 |