for each machine per annum. Permits must be presented to the acting superintendent or his authorized representative at the rangers' headquarters on the Government road. The permittee will not be allowed to do a transportation business in the park without a special license therefor from the Secretary of the Interior. All permits granted at any time when automobiles can enter the park will expire on December 31 of the year of issue. 3. The use of automobiles will be permitted only on the Millwood Road, the North Road, and the Stephens Grade Road between the hours of 6 a. m. and 7 p. m. 4. When teams approach, automobiles 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. Automobiles 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 to the rate indicated on signboards along the road; 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 an automobile. 8. Teams have the right of way, and automobiles will be backed or otherwise handled, as necessary, so as to enable teams to pass with safety. 9. 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 automobile 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. 10. All persons passing through the park with automobiles should be required to stop at the rangers' headquarters and register their names. 11. These rules are also applicable to motor cycles, which may use only the roads herein mentioned, on payment of a fee of $1 for each machine per annum; permits issued therefor shall expire on December 31 of the year of issue. Excerpt from the act making appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1915. SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA: For protection and improvement, construction, and repair of bridges, fences, and trails, and improvement of roads other than toll roads, including the purchase of necessary land where and under such conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, for ranger station at a cost not exceeding $500; the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to accept patented lands or rights of way, whether over patented or other lands, in the Sequioa National Park that may be donated for park purposes, $15,550. |