General Information Regarding The National Monuments

Author : UNKNOWN. AUTHOR
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332014316
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book General Information Regarding the National Monuments written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from General Information Regarding the National Monuments: Set Aside Under the Act of Congress Approved June 8, 1906 Introduction. The act of Congress approved June 8, 1906, entitled "An act for the preservation of American antiquities" authorized the President of the United States "in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments." Under such authority the President has created 36 monuments between date of this act and April 1, 1917. Twenty-one of these are administered by the Interior Department, 11 by the Department of Agriculture, and 2 by the War Department; while 2, the Cinder Cone and the Lassen Peak, have been absorbed into the Lassen Volcanic National Park. The lands embraced within the national monuments were taken from the public domain, with exception of the Muir Woods and the Sieur de Monts, in which cases donation was made to the United States by the owners; and the Lewis and Clark Cavern, which the Northern Pacific Railway Co. quitclaimed in favor of the United States, under condition that the premises should immediately revert to the grantor should the monument be no longer maintained. Distinctions Between National Monuments And National Parks. National monuments differ from national parks in several respects, particularly with regard to method of creation, but it would be difficult to define one generally in terms that would exclude the other. It has been the endeavor of the Interior Department to administer those monuments under its control along the lines of national-park protection and development, though effort in the past has been restricted by lack of Federal appropriation to meet the necessary expense. Fortunately many of the objects in the monuments are of such character as to withstand any effort to damage or destroy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.