Chapter 305. To establish the Utah National Park in the State of Utah
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CHAP. 305.— An Act To establish the Utah National Park in the State of Utah. June 7, 1924.[[S. 668](/us/bill/68/s/668).][[Public, No. 227](/us/pl/68/227).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That there is Utah National Park.Lands set apart as.hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the United States and dedicated and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, under the name of the “Utah National Park,” the tract of land in the State of Utah particularly described by and included within metes and bounds, as follows, to wit:
Unsurveyed sections 31 and 32, township 36 south, range 3 west; Description.surveyed section 36, township 36 south, range 4 west; north half, southwest quarter and west half of the southeast quarter of partially surveyed section 5; unsurveyed sections 6 and 7, west half, west half of the northeast quarter, and west half of the southwest quarter of partially surveyed section 8, partially surveyed section 17 and unsurveyed section 18, township 37 south, range 3 west; and unsur-594veyed sections 1, 12, and 13, township 37 south, range 4, all west of *Proviso*.Title to be secured.the Salt Lake meridian, in the State of Utah: *Provided*, That all the land within the exterior boundaries of the aforesaid tract shall first become the property of the United States.
Sec. 2. Administration, etc., under National Park Service. That the administration, protection, and promotion of said Utah National Park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, Vol. 39, p. 535.subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916, entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes.” Sec. 3. No valid claim, etc., affected. That nothing herein contained shall affect any valid existing claim, location, or entry under the land laws of the United States, whether for homestead, mineral, right of way, or any other purpose whatsoever, or shall affect the rights of any such claimant, *Proviso*.Exchange of alienated lands in, and Zion Park, for other lands.locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to exchange, in his discretion, alienated lands in this and Zion National Park for unappropriated and unreserved public lands of equal value and approximately equal area in the State of Utah outside of said parks.
Approved, June 7, 1924.