Chapter 71. To extend the south and east boundaries of the Mount Rainier National Park, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 71.— An Act To extend the south and east boundaries of the Mount Rainier National Park, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. January 31, 1931.[[H. R. 15008](/us/bill/71/hr/15008).][[Public, No. 584](/us/pl/71/584).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the tract ofMount Rainier National Park, Wash.Lands added to. land within the following-described boundaries be, and the same is hereby, excluded from the Rainier National Forest and is hereby added to and made a part of the Mount Rainier National Park, in the State of Washington:
Beginning at a point on the present east boundary of MountDescription. Rainier National Park one and one-quarter miles southerly from the northeast corner of the said park as fixed by the Act of May 28, 1926 (44 Stat. 668); thence extending east to the summit of the hydrographic divide between Silver Creek and White River; thence along the summit of Crystal Mountain to the summit of the Cas-1048Description—Continued.cade Mountains; thence southerly along the summit of the Cascade Mountains to a point in section 20, township 15 north, range 11 east, Willamette meridian, whence flow the waters of Bumping River to the east and Carlton and Cougar Creeks to the south and west; thence southwesterly along the summit of the divide between Carl-ton Creek and the waters flowing into the main fork of Ohanapecosh River to the quarter section line of section 9, township 14 north, range 10 east, Willamette meridian; thence westerly along the quarter section line of sections 9, 8, and 7 to the west boundary of said township; thence due west to the right or west bank of Muddy Fork of the Cowlitz River; thence northerly along the right bank of said Muddy Fork to a point exactly due east of post numbered 34 on the south boundary of Mount Rainier National Park as surveyed in 1908; thence due west to said post numbered 34; thence along the boundary of said park as surveyed in 1908 to post numbered 35; thence easterly along the south boundary of said national park as surveyed in 1908 to the southeast corner thereof; thence northerly along the east boundary of said national park as surveyed in 1908 to post numbered 59; thence along the east boundary of said park as revised by the Act of May 28, 1928, supra, northerly to the point of beginning.
Sec. 2. Regulations applicable to additions. All laws applicable to and in force within the Mount Rainier National Park as of the date hereof, and all regulations issued pursuant thereto, are hereby made applicable to and extended *Proviso.*Free roadways.over the land added to the said park by this Act: *Provided*, That no fee or charge shall be made by the United States for the use of any roads in said park built or maintained exclusively by the State of Washington. Approved, January 31, 1931.
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To extend the south and east boundaries of the Mount Rainier National Park, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes
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