Chapter 331. To establish the Grand Teton National Park in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes
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Chap. 331: To establish the Grand Teton National Park in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes. Chapter 331 45 Stat. 1314 1929-02-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 331.— An Act To establish the Grand Teton National Park in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes.
February 26, 1929.[[S. 5543](/us/bill/70/s/5543).][[Public, No. 817](/us/pl/70/817).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the tract of Grand Teton National Park.Area.land in the State of Wyoming particularly described by metes and bounds as follows, to wit: Description. Beginning at the northwest corner of township 44 north, range 115 west, of the sixth principal meridian; thence southerly along the west line of said township to the northeast corner of section 12, township 44 north, range 116 west; thence westerly to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter northeast quarter section 12; thence southerly and westerly, respectively, on quarter-quarter section lines to the southwest corner of said section 12;
(hence southerly to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter northwest quarter section 13; thence easterly to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter northeast quarter section 13; thence southerly on the east quarter-quarter section lines of sections 13. 24, and 25, to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter northeast quarter section 25; thence westerly and southerly, respectively, on quarter-quarter section lines to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter southwest quarter section 25; thence westerly to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter southeast quarter section 26; thence southerly to the south-1315west corner of the southeast quarter section 26; thence westerly to Description.—Continued.the southwest corner of the southeast quarter southwest quarter section 26; thence southerly to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter southwest quarter section 35; thence easterly to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter southeast quarter section 35; thence southerly to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter southeast quarter section 35, all in township 44 north, range 116 west; thence westerly to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter section 2, township 43 north, range 116 west; thence southerly on mid-section lines of sections 2, 11, and 14, to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter section 14; thence easterly to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter southeast quarter section 14; thence southerly on east quarter-quarter section lines of sections 14, 23, 26, and 35, all in township 43 north, range 116 west, to the right bank of South Fork Snake River; thence westerly along said bank to its intersection with the north line of township 42 north, range 116 west; thence westerly along said township line to the northwest corner of said township; thence southerly along the west line of said township to its intersection with the main hydrographic divide immediately south of Granite Canyon; thence southwesterly along said divide to its intersection with the main hydrographic divide formed by the crest of the Teton Mountains; thence northerly along said divide, between the headwaters of Moose Creek and Granite Canyon, Fox Creek, and Open Canyon, Dirby Creek and Death Canyon, Teton Creek and Taggart and Glacier Creeks, Leigh Creek and Leigh Canyon, Badger Creek and Moran Canyon, to a point where said divide intersects the main hydrographic divide immediately south and southeast of Webb (Moose) Canyon; thence northeasterly along the last-mentioned divide to its intersection with the projected east quarter-quarter section line of what will probably be when surveyed section 7, township 46 north, range 115 west; thence southerly along said line to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter southeast quarter section 7; thence westerly to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter southeast quarter section 7; thence southerly on projected midsection lines of probable sections 7, 18, 19, and 30, to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter section 30; thence westerly to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter northwest quarter section 30; thence southerly to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter southwest quarter section 30; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter southwest quarter section 30, all of township 46 north, range 115 west; thence southerly on projected west line of said township and the west line of township 45 north, range 115 west, to the southwest corner of section 6, township 45 north, range 115 west; thence westerly on projected north line of what will probably be when surveyed, section 12, township 45 north, range 116 west, to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter northwest quarter section 12; thence southerly to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter northwest quarter section 12; thence westerly to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter northwest quarter probable section 11; thence southerly to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter southwest quarter section 11; thence westerly to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter southwest quarter section 11; thence southerly on projected west lines of probable sections 11 and 14 to the southwest corner of said section 14; thence easterly to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter northwest quarter probable section 23; thence southerly to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter northwest quarter section 23; thence easterly to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter section 23; then southerly to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter northeast quarter section 23; thence easterly to the southeast 1316corner of the northeast quarter section 23; thence southerly on projected east lines of probable sections 23 and 26 to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter southeast quarter section 26; thence eastward to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter southeast quarter section 25, all in township 45 north, range 116 west; thence easterly to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter southwest quarter section 30, township 45 north, range 115 west; thence southerly on mid-section lines of sections 30 and 31, to the south line of section 31, said township; thence easterly to place of beginning, is Set apart as Grand Teton National Park, Wyo.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 or pleasure ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States under the name of the Grand *Proviso.*Restriction on new roads and hotels.Teton National Park of Wyoming: *Provided,* That no new roads shall be constructed and no hotels or permanent camps shall be established on such lands except under authority of appropriations specifically made therefor by Congress, but nothing herein shall be held to restrict the establishment and construction of trails on said lands.
National Park Service provisions applicable.Vol. 39, p. 535. Sec. 2. That the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916, entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,” and all Acts supplementary to and amendatory of said Act, are made applicable to and extended over the lands hereby included *Proviso.*Grazing permitted adjacent owners, upon lands of.in said Grand Teton National Park: *Provided,* That under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior any bona fide claimant or entryman claiming or owning land reasonably adjacent to the land in said park shall have the right to graze upon land in said park reasonably adjacent to the lands claimed or owned by him such number of livestock as he has been accustomed to so graze in the past or as may be reasonably necessary Use of dead and down timber.to the conduct of his business, and shall also have the right subject to such rules and regulations to secure dead or down timber from park lands for use in the conduct of such business.
Water Power Act not applicable.Vol. 41, p. 1063. Sec. 3. That the provisions of the Act of June 10, 1920, entitled “An Act to create a Federal Power Commission, to provide for the improvement of navigation, the development of water power, the use of the public lands in relation thereto, and to repeal section 18 of the River and Harbor Appropriation Act, approved August 8, 1917, and for other purposes,” shall not apply to or extend over the land hereby reserved and dedicated as the Grand Teton National Park.
Valid claims, etc., not affected. Sec. 4. 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 purposes whatsoever, or shall affect the right of any such claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land. Appropriations for Yellowstone Park available for purposes hereof. Sec. 5. That the appropriations heretofore and hereafter made available for the administration, protection, and maintenance of the Yellowstone National Park shall also be available for these purposes for the Grand Teton National Park of Wyoming unless said park is otherwise provided for by Act of Congress.
Approved, February 26, 1929.
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