Chapter 61. To add certain lands to the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
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CHAP. 61.— An Act To add certain lands to the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. February 14, 1917.[[H. R. 10124](/us/bill/64/hr/10124).][[Public, No. 316](/us/pl/64/316).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo.Boundaries changed,Vol. 38, p. 800. amended. That the eastern boundary line of the Rocky Mountain National Park between the section corner common to sections two and three, township three north, and sections thirty-four and thirty-five, township four north, range seventy-three west, and the township comer common to townships five and six north, ranges seventy-two and seventy-three west, is hereby changed so as to read as follows:
" Description.“Beginning at a point on the present eastern boundary line of the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, which is the northwest comer of section two and the northeast comer of section three, township three north, range seventy-three west of the sixth principal meridian, Colorado, running thence east along the township line to its intersection with the main hydrographic divide east of Cow Creek, between section thirty-one, township four north, and section six, township three north, range seventy-two west; thence northwesterly following along said hydrographic divide, passing over Twin Sisters, The Crags, passing west of Lily Lake, and continuing along said hydrographic divide, now between Aspen Brook and Fish Creek and passing over Lily Mountain and Gianttrack Mountain to a point which is the southeast comer of section thirty-four and the southwest corner of section thirty-five, township five north, range seventy-three west; thence north along the section lines between sections thirty-four and thirty-five, twenty-six and twenty-seven, twenty-two and twenty-three, fourteen and fifteen, to the quarter comer common to sections fourteen and fifteen, all in township five north, range seventy-three west; thence east along quarter-section line, through sections fourteen and thirteen, township five north, range seventy-three west and along the continuation of said quarter-section line through section eighteen to the quarter corner common to sections eighteen and seventeen, township five north, range seventy-two west; thence north along the section line between sections eighteen and seventeen, seven and eight, five and six, all in township five north, range seventy-two west, to that point which is the northeast corner of section six and the northwest comer of section five in said township and range; thence west along the township line to the township comer common to townships five and six north, ranges seventy-two and seventy-three west, which is on the present eastern boundary line of the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
” " Landsadded to, withdrawn from settlement, etc.And the lands lying between the present existing eastern boundary and the eastern boundary as changed by this Act between said section comer common to sections two and three, township three north, and sections thirty-four and thirty-five, township four north, range seventy-three west, and said township corner common to townships five and six north, ranges seventy-two and seventy-three west, are hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the United States, and said tracts are hereby made a part of and included in the Rocky Mountain National Park, and all the provisions of the Act to establish the Rocky Mountain National Park in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes, ap-917proved January twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, are hereby made applicable to and extended over the lands hereby added to the park.
Approved, February 14, 1917.