Chapter 267. Granting public lands to certain cities and towns in the State of Colorado for public-park purposes
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CHAP. 267.— An Act Granting public lands to certain cities and towns in the State of Colorado for public-park purposes. June 7, 1910.[[H. R. 22549](/us/bill/61/hr/22549).][[Public, No. 200](/us/pl/61/200).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That there is hereby granted Public lands. and conveyed to the following-named municipal corporations in the Granted to cities and towns in Colorado for parks, etc.
State of Colorado, for public-park purposes and for the use and benefit of the respective cities and towns, the following-described lands, or so much thereof as said cities and towns may desire, to wit: To the town of Glenwood Springs, county of Garfield, the south Glenwood Springs. half of section eighteen and all of section nineteen excepting lots 460 one, two, three, four, and six, in township five south, range eighty-seven west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing six hundred and forty acres, more or less.
Rifle. To the town of Rifle, county of Garfield, that portion of sections three and ten, in township four south, range ninety-two west, of the sixth principal meridian, adjacent to and including Box Canyon of Rifle Creek, containing three hundred and twenty acres, more or less. Grand Valley. To the town of Grand Valley, county of Garfield, a strip of land about two miles long and from a quarter to a half mile wide, on the Middle Fork of Parachute Creek, and in the western portion of township five south, range ninety-five west, of the sixth principal meridian, unsurveyed, containing three hundred and twenty acres, more or less.
Meeker. To the town of Meeker, county of Rio Blanco, lots numbered one, three, and five, and the south half of the southeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-two, township one north, range ninety-four west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing two hundred and thirty acres, more or less. Steamboat Springs. To the town of Steamboat Springs, county of Routt, such portions, not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of six hundred and forty acres, as the said town may select from the following-described land:
The southeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-three; the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the southwest quarter, and the west half of the southeast quarter, and the south half of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-four, all in township seven north, range eighty-four west, of the sixth principal meridian. And the north half of the northwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the west half of the northeast quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section three, in township six north, range eighty-four west, of the sixth principal meridian.
De Beque. To the town of De Beque, county of Mesa, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-two, township eight south, range ninety-six west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing forty acres, more or less. Collbran. To the town of Collbran, county of Mesa, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section twenty-six, in township nine south, range ninety-five west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing forty acres, more or less. Fruita.
To the town of Fruita, country of Mesa, the west half of the west half of section twenty-nine, and the west half of the west half and southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the east half of the southwest quarter of section thirty-two, all in township one north, range two west of the Ute principal meridian; also lot four in section eighteen, township eleven south, range one hundred and one west of the sixth principal meridian; and lot one and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and north half of the southeast quarter of section thirteen, township eleven south, range one hundred and two west of the sixth principal meridian, containing six hundred and forty acres, more or less.
Montrose. To the town of Montrose, county of Montrose, the northwest quarter and the south half of the northeast quarter of section fourteen, township forty-nine north, range nine west, of the New Mexico principal meridian, containing two hundred and forty acres, more or less. Olathe. To the town of Olathe, county of Montrose, the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section fifteen, and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section twenty-two, township fifty north, range ten west, of the New Mexico principal meridian, containing eighty acres, more or less. 461 To the town of Gunnison, county of Gunnison, the northwest quarter Gunnison. of the northeast quarter of section fourteen, and the south half of the east half of fractional section eleven, the south half of the west half of fractional section twelve, and lots three and four in fractional section twelve, all in township fifty-one north, range one east, of the New Mexico principal meridian, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-one, township fifteen south, range eighty-four west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing three hundred and twenty acres, more or less.
To the town of Pitkin, county of Gunnison, the south half of the Pitkin. northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of section two and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section three, township fifty north, range four east, of the New Mexico principal meridian, containing two hundred and forty acres, more or less. To the city of Durango, county of La Plata, a strip of land lying Durango. along the valley of Junction Creek, a tributary of the Animas River, a distance of about four and one-half miles from the city of Durango, and not exceeding in the aggregate six hundred and forty acres, and being a part of an unsurveyed strip in the southeastern portion of township thirty-six north, range ten west, of the New Mexico principal meridian, and extending up said creek through sections thirty-five, twenty-six, twenty-three, twenty-two, and fifteen, all in township thirty-six north, of said range ten west, of the New Mexico principal meridian.
To the town of Dolores, county of Montezuma, the north half of Dolores. the northeast quarter and the north half of the northwest quarter of section nine, township thirty-seven, range fifteen west, of the New Mexico principal meridian, containing one hundred and sixty acres, more or less. To the town of La Veta, county of Huerfano, section thirty, La Veta. township thirty-one south, range sixty-nine west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing six hundred and forty acres, more or less.
Sec. 2. That the said conveyance shall be made of the said lands Payment, etc. to the said cities and towns, respectively, by the Secretary of the Interior upon the payment by the said cities and towns for the said land or such portions thereof as they may select, respectively, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and patent issued to said cities and towns for the said land selected, respectively, to have and to hold for public-park purposes, subject to the existing laws and regulations concerning public parks, and that the grant Valid rights not affected. hereby made shall not include any lands which at the date of the issuance of patent shall be covered by a valid, existing, bona fide right or claim initiated under the laws of the United States: *Provided*, *Provisos*.
Oil and mineral rights reserved. That there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, coal, and other mineral deposits that may be found in the land so granted, and all necessary use of the land for extracting the same: *And provided further*, That said cities and towns shall not have the right to Reversion on non-user. sell or convey the lands herein granted, or any parts thereof, or to devote the same to any other purpose than as hereinbefore described; and that if the said lands shall not be used as public parks, the same, or such parts thereof not so used, shall revert to the United States.
Approved, June 7, 1910.