Chapter 3077. Ceding to the city of Canon City, Colorado, certain lands for park purposes
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CHAP. 3077.— An Act Ceding to the city of Canon City, Colorado, certain lands for park purposes. June 11, 1906. [[H. R. 4546](/us/bill/34/hr/4546).] [[Public, No. 223](/us/pl/34/223).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Canon City, Colo.Certain lands ceded to, for park purposes, including the Royal Gorge.Description. That there is hereby granted to the city of Canon City, a municipal corporation in the county of Fremont and State of Colorado, all lands now belonging to the United States of America located in sections numbered twenty-one, twenty-239two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-live, twenty-six, twenty-seven, and twenty-eight, in township numbered eighteen south, range numbered seventy-one west of the sixth principal meridian, said lands being located along and on either side of the Arkansas River in said State, and containing thereon a certain canon designated as the Royal Gorge; the said lands to be held by the said city solely for park purposes and for the use and benefit of the public, without other restriction than such as may be necessary to protect the said premises from trespasses and injury.
And said lands and all of them are hereby withdrawnLands withdrawn from settlement. from location and entry, under the laws of the United States of America. Sec. 2. That the common council of the said city of Canon City shallControl of lands. have and is hereby granted full power and authority to control, protect, and preserve said lands so removed from entry and ceded, and the water courses and timber thereon; and for the purpose aforesaidRegulations. to make such rules and regulations preventing trespass, defacement of natural scenery, or any preventable injury to the said canon as may be necessary or proper in the premises; and the said city council shall further have power and authority to locate and maintain through itself, or grant the right to so locate and maintain to others, railways, wagon roads, ditches, canals, and other improvements, and also to permit on said ceded premises the erection of all such buildings or structures as may be necessary or proper to carry out the purpose and intent of this Act.
Sec. 3. That this Act shall be subject to all existing valid locationsExisting claims not affected. or appropriations under the land laws of the United States within the limits herein above provided and when and so soon as any present appropriations or locations, or any inchoate or incomplete appropriations, or locations of any of the said premises, under any of the land laws of the United States, shall lapse, become forfeited, cancelled, orCancelled claims. abandoned, the premises covered by such locations shall at once, and without further action, fall under and become subject to the operation of this Act, and shall be ceded to and become the property of the said city of Canon City for the uses herein set forth.
Sec. 4. That the grant and cession hereby made is to the said cityReversion. of Canon City alone, and upon any attempt by the said city of Canon City to alienate or encumber the said premises or any portion thereof, or should said city cease to care for said park for a period of three years or more, the title thereto and to all the said lands shall at once revert to and revest in the United States of America; and the said cityBoundary monuments. of Canon City shall further, and within one year from the date hereof, mark and define the boundaries of the said lands by permanent and substantial monuments.
Sec. 5. That the said city of Canon City shall further, and withinFiling proof of boundaries. six months after the marking of said premises, file in the United States land office at Pueblo, Colorado, proof of the said marking and determination of the boundaries of said premises as herein above set forth, and the formal acceptance by the said city of the grant herein evidenced, under the conditions herein set forth; and thereupon patentIssue of patent. shall issue to the said city of Canon City for the lands above described, subject, however, to the herein stated reservations, limitations, and conditions.
Sec. 6. That the right to amend or repeal this Act at any time isAmendment. hereby reserved, and upon such repeal the title granted herein shall revert to the United States. Approved, June 11, 1906.