Chapter 13. For the protection of the water supply of the town of Sunnyside, Utah
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CHAP. 13.— An Act For the protection of the water supply of the town of Sunnyside, Utah. January 7, 1921. [[S. 46](/us/bill/66/s/46).] [[Public, No. 294](/us/pl/66/294).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Public lands.Set aside as watersupply reserve for Sunnyside, Utah. That the public lands within the several townships and subdivisions thereof hereinafter enumerated, situated in the county of Carbon and State of Utah, are hereby reserved from all forms of location, entry, or appropriation, whether under the mineral or nonmineral land laws of the United States, and set aside as a municipal water-supply reserve for the use and benefit of the people of the town of Sunnyside, a municipal corporation of the State of Utah, as follows, to wit:
The south half of south half ofDescription. section thirty-four, in township thirteen south, range fourteen east, Salt Lake base and meridian; and also the following lands which, when surveyed, will be described as follows, to wit: All of section eleven; west half of section twelve; all of section thirteen; and all of section fourteen, in township fourteen south, range fourteen east, of Salt Lake base and meridian. Sec. 2. That the lands heretofore described and reserved for municipalSecretary of the Interior to cooperate in administration, etc., of. water-supply purposes shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, m cooperation with and at the exclusive expense of the town of Sunnyside, Utah, for the purpose of storing, conserving, and protecting from pollution the said water supply, and preserving, improving, and increasing the timber growth on said lands, to more fully accomplish such purposes; and to that end said municipalityRights conferred. shall have the right, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to the use of any and all parts of the lands reserved for the storage and conveying of water and construction and maintenance thereon of all improvements for such purposes: *Provided, *That deposits*Proviso.*Mineral deposits. of coal or other minerals in the lands reserved by this Act may be leased or otherwise disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior under laws applicable to such deposits, if and when he shall find that same may be mined and removed without injury to the municipal water supply of Sunnyside, Utah.
Sec. 3. That the said Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorizedRegulations, etc. to prescribe and enforce such regulations as he may find necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act, including the right to forbid persons other than those authorized by him and the municipal authorities of said municipal corporation from entering or otherwise trespassing upon these lands, and any violation of this Act or of regulationsEnforcement.Vol. 35, p. 1098. issued thereunder shall be punishable as is provided for in section 50 of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States, approved March 4, 1909” (Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 1098), as amended by the Act of CongressVol. 36, p. 857. approved June 25, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 857).
Sec. 4. That this Act shall be subject to all legal rights heretoforePrior rights, etc., reserved. acquired under any law of the United States, and the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 7, 1921.