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NATIONAL PARKS KINGS CANYON 67 said White Divide and the Le Conte Divide, passing over the summits of Mount Reinstein and Red Mountain to the summit of Mount Henry; thence in a northerly direction along the crest of the north spur of Mount Henry to the junction of the South Fork San Joaquin River and Piute Creek; thence across the South Fork San Joaquin River and in a northeasterly direction along the hydrographic divide between Piute Creek and the South Fork San Joaquin River to the summit of Pavillion Dome; thence in an easterly direction along the crest of said hydrographic divide to its intersection with Glacier Divide; thence continuing southeasterly along the crest of said Glacier Divide to a point of intersection with the crest of the Sierra Nevada Range, also the boundary line between Inyo County and Fresno County; thence continuing southeasterly along the crest of said Sierra Nevada Range, passing over the summits of Mount Lamarack, Mount Darwin, Mount Haeckel, Mount Wallace, Mount Powell, Mount Thompson, Mount Gilbert, Mount Johnson, Mount Goode, Mount Winchell, North Palisade, The Thumb, Mount Bolton Brown, Split Mountain, Cardinal Mountain, Striped Mountain, Mount Perkins, Colosseum Mountain, Mount Baxter, Diamond Peak, Black Mountain, Dragon_Peak, Mount Bixford, Mount Gould, University Peak, Mount Bradley, and Mount Keith to the summit of Junction Peak, being the point of beginning; is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the United States and dedicated and set apart as a public park, to be known as the Kings Canyon National Park, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect or abridge any right acquired by any citizen of the United States in the above-described area: Acquired rights And provided further, That no grazing permits heretofore issued and in effect on January 15, 1939, affecting the area described in this section, for whose renewal an application is made before the date of expiration, shall be affected by this Act, except that they shall be subject to such terms and conditions to insure protection of the lands and for other purposes as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. (16 U.S.C. sec. 80.) Provisos. not affected. in effect Grazing permits SEC. 2. That the General Grant National Park is hereby General Grant abolished, and the west half of section 33, township 13 abolishment. 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 described 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; extension permitted. Movement of stock and vehicular traffic. Transfer of funds. Use for recreational purposes. Motor-vehicle licenses. Proviso. Privilege limitation. Administra tion, etc. 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 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.) SEC. 3. That the National Park Service shall, under the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, administer for public recreational purposes the lands withdrawn. (16 U.S.C. sec. 80b.) SEC. 4. That any motor-vehicle license issued for Sequoia National Park shall be applicable to Kings Canyon National Park, and vice versa: Provided, That in order to insure the permanent preservation of the wilderness character of the Kings Canyon National Park the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, limit the character and number of privileges that he may grant within the Kings Canyon National Park. No privileges shall be granted for a period in excess of five years. (16 U.S.C. sec. 80c.) SEC. 5. That the administration, protection, and development of the Kings Canyon National Park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", as amended. (16 U.S.C. sec. 80d.) 1 Boundaries extended by proclamation No. 2411 of June 21, 1940 (3 CFR, CUM.SUPP.,163). An Act To authorize the adjustment of land-ownership lines within the General Grant grove section of the Kings Canyon National Park, California, in order to protect equities established by possession arising in conformity_with_a certain survey, and for other purposes, approved June 5, 1942 (56 Stat. 310) Calif. General Grant Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Kings Canyon That the Secretary of the Interior shall so adjust the bound- National Park, aries of the privately-owned lands in the General Grant Boundary adgrove section of the Kings Canyon National Park, Califor- justments in nia, as to recognize existing equities based on possession or grove section. claim established in reliance upon a survey made by the county surveyor of Tulare County, California, and recorded in volume 17 of Maps, page 2, Official Records of the County Records of Tulare County, California. To effectuate the purposes of this Act the Secretary may amend existing patents or relinquish or grant parcels of land within the area to claimants whose equities the Secretary determines are entitled to recognition. Costs of SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to pay surveys, etc. from funds appropriated or hereafter appropriated for the use of his Department, the costs of surveys, investigations, and other services necessary to accomplish the purpose of this Act. (16 U.S.C. sec. 80a note.) Act of the Legislature of California, approved April 7, 1943, ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over Kings Canyon National Park. (Sec. 119 of the Government Code of California) 119. Exclusive jurisdiction shall be and the same is hereby ceded to the United States over and within all of the territory which is now or may hereafter be included in those several tracts of land in the State of California set aside and dedicated for park purposes by the United States as "Kings Canyon National Park"; saving however to the State of California the right to serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid park in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed in said State 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, and the right to fix and collect license fees for fishing in said park; and saving also to the persons residing in said park now or hereafter the right to vote at all elections held within the county or counties in which said park is situate. The jurisdiction granted by this section shall not vest until the United States through the proper officer notifies the State of California that it assumes police jurisdiction over said park. 69 Jurisdiction, State cession over park land....State Act of March 22, 1930 ..... Page 70 71 71 72 Excerpt from An Act ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, approved March 22, 1930 (Acts of 1930, ch. 132, p. 405; Carroll's Kentucky Statutes, sec. 3766e-17) SEC. 2. That the exclusive jurisdiction shall be, and the same is, hereby ceded to the United States over, within, and under all the territory in the State of Kentucky, thus to be, and as, deeded or conveyed to, or acquired by, the United States; saving and reserving, however, to the State of Kentucky the right to serve civil and criminal process, issued under its authority, within the limits of the land or lands thus deeded or conveyed to, or acquired, by the United States, in suits or prosecutions for, or on account of, rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed in said State outside of said land or lands; and on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed on, or within, said land or lands, prior to the date of the giving or service of notice as hereinafter provided, of the assumption of police jurisdiction over such land or lands by the United States; and further saving and reserving to the said State the right to tax sales of gasoline and other motor conveyance fuels, and oils for use in motor conveyances, except to the extent that such gasoline and other fuels and oils may be used by the United States Government and its agents in the administration, protection, improvement, maintenance, development, and operation of the said land or lands deeded or conveyed as aforesaid; and, also, further saving and reserving to the said State of Kentucky the right to tax persons, firms, and corporations, their franchises and properties, on the said land or lands, deeded or conveyed as aforesaid; and saving and reserving, also, to persons residing in or on any of the land or lands deeded or conveyed as aforesaid, the right to vote at all elections within the respective counties of their residence, upon like terms and conditions, and to the same extent, as they would be entitled to vote in such counties had not such land or lands been deeded or conveyed, as aforesaid, to the United States; Provided, however, that such jurisdiction shall not invest in the United States unless, until, and as, the United States, through the Secretary of the Interior, notifies the Governor of the State of Kentucky, and through him the said State, that the said United States assumes police jurisdiction over the land or lands thus deeded or conveyed. An Act To amend the Act of May 25, 1926, entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes," approved May 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 775) National 71 Mammoth Cave amended. Minimum area. Development Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second and third provisos of section 3 of the Act of May 25, 1926, entitled “An Act to provide for the establishment of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes" be, and the same are hereby, amended to read as follows: "And provided further, That the minimum area to be administered and protected by the National Park Service shall be, for the said Mammoth Cave National Park, twenty thousand acres: Provided further, That no general development of said area shall be undertaken until a major portion of the remainder in such area, including all the caves thereof, shall have been accepted by said Secretary, and he shall have established a schedule of fees for admission to such caves." sec. 404b.) SEC. 2. That in the establishment of the said Mammoth Acquisition of Cave National Park the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to accept donations of money for the acquisition of lands and rights therein and to acquire the same by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise. (16 U.S.C. sec. 404e.) contingent upo acceptance. (16 U.S.C. Schedule of An Act To make available for national-park purposes certain lands within the area of the proposed Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, approved August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 871) admission fees. lands. Mammoth Cave Park, Ky. added. National Certain lands Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all lands purchased from funds heretofore allocated and made available by Executive order, or otherwise, for the acquisition of lands for conservation or forestation purposes within the maximum boundaries of the Mammoth Cave National Park as authorized by the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 635), be, and the same are hereby, made a part of the sec. 404. said park as fully as if originally acquired for that purpose and the proviso at the end of section 1 of said Act of May 25, 1926, shall not be construed so as to prohibit the acquisition of lands in said area under funds made available as aforesaid. (16 U.S.C. sec. 404f.) 44 Stat. 635. 16 U.S.C. Acquisition other than by donation. Exclusion of authorized. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby author- certain caves ized, in his discretion, to exclude the Great Onyx Cave and the Crystal Cave, or either of them, from the maximum boundaries of the said park, and the area required for general development of the said park by section 1 of the Act of May 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 775), is hereby modified accord- 16 U.S.C. ingly. (16 U.S.C. sec. 404b-1.) 48 Stat. 775. sec. 404b. |