Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 163


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 163. Jurisdiction by the United States; fugitives from justice

      Sole and exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States
    over the territory embraced within the Glacier National Park,
    saving, however, to the State of Montana the right to serve civil
    or criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid park in
    suits or prosecution for or on account of rights acquired,
    obligations incurred, or crimes committed in said State but outside
    of said park, and saving, further, to the said State the right to
    tax persons and corporations, their franchises and property, on the
    lands included in said park. All the laws applicable to places
    under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States
    shall have force and effect in said park. All fugitives from
    justice taking refuge in said park shall be subject to the same
    laws as refugees from justice found in the State of Montana.



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