7. General Grant National Park Abolishment of park, lands added to Kings Canyon National Park........ ................ Excerpt from "An Act To establish the Kings Canyon National Park, California, to transfer thereto the lands now included in the General Grant National Park, and for other purposes," approved March 4, 1940 (54 Stat. 43) SEC. 2. That the General Grant National Park is hereby abolished, and the west half of section 33, township 13 south, range 28 east, and west half of section 4, all of section 8 and the northwest quarter of section 9, township 14 south, range 28 east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, together with the lands formerly within the General Grant National Park, California, and particularly descrcibed as follows, to wit: All of sections 31 and 32, township 13 south, range 28 east, and sections 5 and 6, township 14 south, range 28 east, of the same meridian, are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby added to and made a part of the Kings Canyon National Park and such lands shall be known as the General Grant grove section of the said park. The General Grant grove section of the Kings Canyon National Park may, by proclamation of the President, be extended to include the following described lands, to wit: Section 9, south half, section 10, southwest quarter, and that part of the east half south of Generals Highway; section 11, that part south of Generals Highway; section 13, that part south of Generals Highway; section 14, that part south of Generals Highway, section 15, east half, northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, section 21, southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and the east half of the southeast quarter; section 22, east half, east half of the northwest quarter, southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and southwest quarter; section 23; section 24, that part south of Generals Highway; sections 25 and 26; section 27, east half, northwest quarter, and that part of the southwest quarter north and east of the crest of Redwood Mountain; section 34, that part east of the crest of Redwood Mountain; sections 35 and 36, township 14 south, range 28 east; all of sections 1 and 2; section 3, that part east of the crest of Redwood Mountain; section 11, that part east and north of the crest of Redwood Mountain; all of section 12; section 13, that part north of the Sequoia National Park boundary, township 15 south, range 28 east, Mount Diablo meridian, which shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the said park. Such extension of the General Grant grove section of the said park shall not interfere with the movement of stock and vehicular traffic without charge, under general regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, to and Page 37 General Grant abolishment. National Park, General Grant extension. grove section; Movement of stock and ve hicular traffic. from national forest lands on either side of the said park extension. The Kings Canyon National Park shall receive and use all moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for General Grant National Park.1 (16 U.S.C. sec. 80a.) 1 Boundaries extended by proclamation No. 2411 of June 21, 1940 (3 CFR, CUM. SUPP., 163). 8. Glacier National Park Page Fish hatchery, acquisition of property for establishment........ ..........Act of July 31, 1939 39 An Act To authorize the addition to Glacier National Park, Montana, of certain property acquired for the establishment of a fish hatchery, and for other purposes, approved July 31, 1939 (53 Stat. 1142) Park, Mont. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to Glacier National administer as a part of the Glacier National Park, in the State of Montana, subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto, the lands, or interests in lands, within the State of Montana, in township 28 north, range 20 west, Montana meridian, which may be acquired by the United States for Lands acquired the establishment by the National Park Service of a fish added to. hatchery for restocking the waters of the said park. (16 U.S.C. sec. 161c.) Minimum area for park, lands purchased with emergency funds made way... ..Excerpt from Act of February 12, 1938 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, grant of lands to Indians authorized in connection with acquisition of right-of-way for Blue Ridge Park..Excerpt from Act of June 11, 19402 Jurisdiction, cession from North Carolina and Tennessee of 1929 accepted........ ....Act of April 29, 1942 Parkway, authorizing acceptance of donations of land for construction generally parallel to the north boundary of the park..... .Act of February 22, 1944 Great Smoky National Park. Land purchased Great Smoky National Park, Page 40 40 41 41 45 An Act To establish a minimum area for the Great Smoky Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an area of four hundred thousand acres within the minimum boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, acquired one half by the peoples and States of North Carolina and Tennessee, and the United States, and one half by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial in memory of Laura Spelman Rockefeller, be, and the same is hereby, established as a completed park for administration, protection, and development by the United States, and so much of the Act of May 22, 1926 (44 Stat. 616), as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed. (16 U.S.C. secs. 403b, 403g.) SEC. 2. That all lands purchased from funds heretofore allocated and made available by Executive order, or otherwise, or which hereafter may be allocated and made available for the acquisition of lands for conservation or forestation purposes within the maximum boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountain3 National Park as authorized by the Act of May 22, 1926, be, and the same are hereby, made a part of the said park as fully as if originally acquired for that purpose. (16 U.S.C. sec. 403h.) Excerpt from "An Act To provide for the acquisition of certain lands for and the addition thereof to the Tahoe National Forest, in the State of Nevada, and the acquisition of certain other lands for the completion of the acquisition of the remaining lands within the limits of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in east Tennessee," approved February 12, 1938 (52 Stat. 29) SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States by purchase, 1 See Blue Ridge Parkway, Act of August 19, 1937 (50 Stat. 699), page 184. 2 Act printed in full under Blue Ridge Parkway, page 186. 3 So in U. S. Statutes at Large. II. NATIONAL PARKS GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS Acquisition of completion of. lands for 44 Stat. 616 16 U.S.C. sec. 403. 40 U.S.C. 25 Stat. 357. at prices deemed by him to be reasonable, the lands needed to complete the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the State of Tennessee, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved May 22, 1926 (44 Stat. 616); and the Secretary of the Interior is further authorized, when in his opinion unreasonable prices are asked for any of such lands, to acquire the same by condemnation under the provisions of the Act of August 1, 1888. (16 U.S.C. sec. 403i.) SEC. 6. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, Appropriation out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- 32 Stat.1134. ated, the sum of $743,265.29 to complete the acquisition of lands within the limits of said park, such funds to be available until expended. (16 U.S.C. sec. 403j.) Excerpt from "An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of North Carolina for use in connection with the Blue Ridge Parkway certain land within the Cherokee Indian Reservation in the State of North Carolina," approved June 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 300) SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to grant to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians the beneficial interest in any lands selected by the council of said band within the Boundary Tree tract, containing approximately eight hundred and eighty-four acres; and the said Secretary is hereby directed to exclude from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park any lands so selected and granted. Prior to the consummation of any such grant, payment shall be made for all lands included therein by the transfer of a sum equal to the fair market value of such lands, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, from any funds in the United States Treasury to the credit of said band, including funds made available under section 3 hereof, to the credit of the fund "National Park Service, donations", which transfer the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make upon request by the council of said band approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Funds so transferred shall be available for national park and monument uses, including the acquisition of lands for inclusion in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. All lands purchased or otherwise acquired for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians under authority contained in this Act shall constitute a part of the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina, shall be held by the United States in trust for said band, and shall be nontaxable, nonalienable to the same extent as other lands within said reservation. An Act To accept the cession by the States of North Carolina and Tennessee of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and for other purposes, approved April 29, 1942 (56 Stat. 258) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, secs. 257-258e. authorized. Eastern Band of Cherokee interest in des authorized. Payment by transfer of funds. Availability of transferred funds. 41 Inclusion of acquired lands in reservation. |