"SEC. 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation, from injury or spoliation, of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition. The Secretary may, in his discretion, grant leases for building purposes for terms not exceeding ten years, of small parcels of ground, at such places in said park as shall require the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors; all of the proceeds of said leases, and all other revenues that may be derived from any source connected with said park, to be expended under his direction in the management of the same, and the construction of roads and bridlepaths therein. He shall provide against the wanton destruction of the fish and game found within said, park, and against their capture or destruction for the purposes of merchandise or profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the same after the passage of this act to be removed therefrom, and generally shall be authorized to take all such measures as shall be necessary or proper to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act." This Act was approved March 1, 1872; and shortly after the Hon. N. P. Langford, whose graphic descriptions of the Wonders of the Yellowstone first called public attention thereto, was appointed Superintendent of the Park. [Illustration: MAP] FOOTNOTE: [1] Mr. Langford appears to have underestimated this fall. The report of the U. S. Geological Survey gives the height as 140 feet. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: --Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. End of Project Gutenberg's Wonders of the Yellowstone, by James Richardson