42d CONGRESS, 3d Session.
SENATE.
EX. DOC. No. 35
LETTER
FROM
THE SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR
ACCOMPANYING
A report of the superintendent of the Yellowstone
National Park for the
year 1872.
February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and
be printed.
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C., February 3, 1873. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for
the information of Congress, a copy of the report for the year 1872 of N.P.
Langford, esq., superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your
obedient servant,
C. DELANO,
Secretary
Hon. Schuyler Colfax,
Vice-President of the
United States and
President of the Senate.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK FOR THE YEAR 1872.
On the 20th day of May
last, I received from the Department of the Interior the following letter of
appointment as the superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park:
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C., May 10,
1872
SIR:
Congress, by an act approved March 1, 1872, has set apart a tract of land near
the head-waters of the Yellowstone River, in the Territories of Montana and
Wyoming, as a public park or pleasure-ground "for the benefit and enjoyment of
the people." The reservation so set apart is to be known as the "Yellowstone
National Park," and is placed under exclusive control of the Secretary of the
Interior, and you are hereby appointed superintendent of the same, to act as
such, and to carry out the provisions of the act of Congress, under such
instructions as you may receive from time to time from the Department. It is not
the desire of the Department that any attempt shall be made to beautify or adorn
this reservation, but merely to preserve from injury or spoliation the timber,
mineral deposits, and various curiosities of that region, so far as possible, in
their natural condition.
As Congress has not provided any appropriation to
carry out the purposes of the act, your appointment must be without pay until
such time as an appropriation is made for that purpose. You are at liberty to
apply any money, which may be received from Go to next
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