(11)• Persons who render themselves obnox ious by disorderly conduct or bad behavior, or mho violate any of the foregoing rules, may be summarily removed from the park, and will not be allowed to return without permission, in writ ing, from the Secretary of the Interior or the superintendent of the park.
Any person who violates any of the fore going regulations will be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be subjected to a fine. as provided by the act of Congress approved 7 May 1894, t o protect the birds and animals in Yel lowstone National Park and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes,' of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, and be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings.
Prior to 1870 little was known about the re gion now included in the park. In 1870 H D ashburne, surveyor-general of Montana. and C. C. Doane, an army officer, explored this re eion and gave the first report of the wonderful springs and geysers. In 1872 the government sent Ferdinand V. Hayden, United States geolo Ost, and a number of assistants, to explore des region. The place is visited annually by thou
sands of tourists and accounts of this wonder ful park have been published in all languages. Thepark is reached by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, which operates to Cody, Wyo., thence by stage to the eastern part of the park. The Northern Pacific takes the traveler tc Gardiner, Mont., to the north of the Park, and the Oregon Short Line Railroad reaches the western border at Yellowstone, Mont. Consult Wonderland, an annual published by the Northern Pacific Railroad; Chittenden, Yel lowstone National Park,' with bibliography (Chicago 1915); Hague, 'Geological History of Yellowstone National Park' (Department of the Interior, Washington 1912); Wdeed, 'Geysers' (ib. 1912); Knowlton, 'Fossil Forests of the Yellowstone National Park' (ib. 1912); Rich ardson, 'Wonders of Yellowstone' ; United States Geological Survey; 'General Informa tion regarding Yellowstone National Park' (annually, Department of the Interior, Wash ington).