Chapter 112. granting to the city of Durango, in the State of Colorado, certain lands therein described for water reservoirs,” approved March first, nineteen hundred and seven
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CHAP. 112.— AN ACT To amend, an Act entitled “An Act granting to the city of Durango, in the State of Colorado, certain lands therein described for water reservoirs,” approved March first, nineteen hundred and seven. May 8, 1916.[[H. R. 28](/us/bill/64/hr/28).][[Public, No. 70](/us/pl/64/70).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That an Act entitled “An Act Public lands. Vol. 3 4, p. 1053, amended.granting to the city of Durango, in the State of Colorado, certain lands therein described for water reservoirs,” approved March first, nineteen hundred and seven (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page one thousand and fifty-three), be amended to read as follows: 63 "“That the following-described tract of land situate in suspended Durango, Colo.
Grant for water works, etc., modified. Description.township thirty-eight north, range seven west, New Mexico principal meridian, in La Plata County, Colorado, within the San Juan Forest Reserve, to wit: A tract described by metes and bounds as per special survey approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office on November first, nineteen hundred and nine: Beginning at corner numbered one, a cross at exact point on top of rock ‘D. R. G.’ on the northeast and ‘P. L.’ on the southwest face from which a basalt bowlder fifty-four by thirty-six by thirty-three inches bears north thirty-nine degrees east forty-three links distant, marked ‘B.
I. O.’; a spruce nine inches in diameter bears north forty-five degrees ten minutes east eighty-eight and one-half links distant, marked ‘Cor. No. 1, D. R. G., B. T.’; a spruce ten inches in diameter bear east eighty-eight links distant, marked ‘Cor. No. 1, D. R. G., B. T.’; a spruce twelve inches in diameter bears south nineteen degrees forty-five minutes east eight-four links distant, marked ‘Cor. No. 1, P. L., B. T.’; a spruce ten inches in diameter bears north twenty degrees forty minutes west two hundred and forty-seven and one-half links distant, marked ‘Cor.
No. 1, P. L., B. T.’; thence north twenty degrees seven minutes east seventy-four and twenty-four one-hundredths chains to station numbered two; thence north seventy-seven degrees two minutes east sixteen and six one-hundredths chains to station numbered three; thence north eight degrees twenty-four minutes east thirty-six and thirty-six one-hundredths chains to station numbered four, whence United States location monument Mount Valois bears north thirty-eight degrees twenty-three minutes east seventy-six and thirty-one one hundredths chains; thence north seven degrees twenty-eight minutes west sixty-eight and eighty-three one-hundredths chains to station numbered five; thence north ten degrees twenty-three minutes east seventy-seven and nineteen one-hundredths chains to station numbered six, whence United States location monument Mount Bullion bears north sixty-two degrees sixteen minutes west thirty-five and sixty-two one-hundredths chains; thence north eighty-seven degrees thirty-one minutes east nineteen and fifty-two one-hundredths chains to station numbered seven, whence United States location monument Tempest bears south four degrees twenty-four minutes west seventy and sixty-nine one-hundredths chains; thence south thirty-eight degrees thirty-seven minutes east fifty-three and twelve one-hundredths chains to station numbered eight; thence south eighty-five degrees thirty-one minutes east twenty-four and forty-five one-hundredths chains to station numbered nine; thence south eleven degrees fifty minutes east fifty-eight and thirty-two one-hundredths chains to station numbered ten; thence south fifty-six degrees eighteen minutes east fifty-nine and thirty-two one-hundredths chains to station numbered eleven; thence south twenty-eight degrees forty-six minutes east seventy and forty-six one-hundredths chains to station numbered twelve, Sheep Mountain; thence south sixty-five degrees thirty-two minutes west one hundred and thirty-one and ninety-two one-hundredths chains to station numbered thirteen, United States location monument Mount Sheridan; thence south fifty-two degrees thirty-two minutes west fourteen and fifty-one one-hundredths chains to station numbered fourteen; thence north eighty-seven degrees seven minutes west ninety-two and fifty-three one-hundredths chains to station numbered one, point of beginning, containing three thousand and forty-nine and eighty-seven one-hundredths acres, more or less, situate in township thirty-eight north, range seven west, New Mexico meridian, including those four certain reservoirs claimed or occupied by said city of Durango, known as Reservoir Numbered One, or Upper Park Reser-64voir;
Reservoir Numbered Two, or Santa Maria Lake; Reservoir Numbered Three, or Lake Lilly; and Reservoir Numbered Four, or Use specified.Lakeside Lake, subject to any former grant or conveyance affecting said lands, be, and the same are hereby, granted and conveyed to the city of Durango, county of La Plata, and State of Colorado, to have and to hold said lands to its use and behoof forever for the purposes of water storage and supply of its waterworks and the protection of its water supply, and for such purposes said city shall forever have the right, in its discretion, to control and use any and all parts of the said premises herein granted and conveyed in the construction of reservoirs, conduits, and flumes, and in the laying of pipes and mains, and in making such improvements as may be necessary to store, utilize, protect from pollution, and enjoy the waters contained in any natural or *Provisos.* Price.constructed reservoirs, basins, or waterways upon said premises: *Provided,* That the city of Durango shall pay for said land the sum of Forest patrol, etc.$1.25 per acre: *Provided further,* That the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture shall have full power to patrol the said lands and to protect them from fire and trespass: *And provided further,* Timber disposal.That the Forest Service may dispose of the timber upon the said lands, except so much thereof as may be growing within one hundred feet from the margin of any natural or constructed reservoir, or of the main creeks within the said boundary flowing into such reservoirs, under such additional rules for lumbering, to protect said waters from pollution, as shall be prescribed by the Forester and approved by the mayor of the city of Durango: *And provided further,* Fencing, etc.That if said city shall fence all or any part of said lands it shall provide practicable gates in such fence at points to be designated by the supervisor of the San Juan Forest Reserve.
" Reversion for nonuser “Sec. 2. That if the said city of Durango shall at any time hereafter abandon the lands above described and cease to use the same for said purposes, said above-described lands shall revert to the Government of the United States.” Approved, May 8, 1916.