Chapter 52.
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CHAP. 52.— Joint Resolution To change the name of the Grand River in Colorado and Utah to the Colorado River. July 25, 1921. [[H. J. Res. 32](/us/bill/67/hjres/32).] [[Pub. Res., No. 10](/us/bill/67/pubres/10).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Grand River, Colo. and Utah. Name changed to Colorado. That from and after the passage of this Act the river heretofore known as the Grand River, from its source in the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to the point where it joins the Green River in the State of Utah and forms the Colorado River, shall be known and designated on the public records as the Colorado River.
Sec. 2. Rights, etc., not affected. That the change in the name of said river shall in nowise affect the rights of the State of Colorado, the State of Utah, or of any county, municipality, corporation, association, or person; and all records, surveys, maps, and public documents of the United States in which said river is mentioned or referred to under the name of the Grand River shall be held to refer to the said river under and by the name of the Colorado River. Approved, July 25, 1921.