16 U.S.C. § 114 — Removal, disturbance, destruction, or molestation of ruins
U.S.C. Title 16 - CONSERVATION 16 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES SUBCHAPTER XII - MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK Sec. 114 - Removal, disturbance, destruction, or molestation of ruins From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov
§114. Removal, disturbance, destruction, or molestation of ruins
Any person or persons who may otherwise in any manner willfully remove, disturb, destroy, or molest any of the ruins, mounds, buildings, graves, relics, or other evidences of an ancient civilization or other property from said park shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before any court having jurisdiction of such offenses shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or such person or persons may be fined and imprisoned, at the discretion of the judge, and shall be required to restore the property disturbed, if possible.
(June 29, 1906, ch. 3607, §4, 34 Stat. 617.)