Public Law 54–121

That the following described tracts of land, situate in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, namely, that part of Pike’s Peak Military Reservation described as follows: Beginning at corner numbered two as designated in the field notes of the United States military reservation survey, and running thence along the boundary line of said reservation, south sixty-six degrees west, seven thousand seven hundred feet to corner numbered three of said survey; thence north thirty-eight degrees fifty-five minutes west, eight thousand two hundred and forty feet to corner numbered four of said survey; thence north nineteen degrees twenty-five minutes west, eight thousand six hundred and eighty feet to a point on line four-five of said survey; thence east two thousand one hundred and sixty feet; thence south forty-four degrees forty-seven minutes east, fourteen thousand one hundred and thirty-six and four tenths feet; thence north sixty-three degrees thirty-nine minutes east, two thousand four hundred feet to the northwest corner of the Colorado Springs reservoir grant; thence south twenty-six degrees twenty-one minutes east, two thousand five hundred and ninety-five feet along west line of said grant, to a point on line one-two of said reservation survey; thence south sixty-three degrees thirty-nine minutes west, three hundred and sixty-three feet to corner numbered two, the place of beginning; also, the southeast quarter of section fourteen, and the cast one-half of section twenty-three, and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section twenty-six, and all that portion of section thirteen lying west of said reservation, and all that portion of section twenty-four lying west of said reservation, and the north one-half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-five, and all that portion of the northeast quarter of said section twenty-five lying west of said reservation; and all that portion of the northeast quarter of section fourteen lying west of said reservation, all in township fourteen south, range sixty-nine west, of the sixth principal meridian, containing three thousand ninety-seven and forty-eight one hundredths acres, more or less, be, and the same are hereby, granted and conveyed to the city of Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso, and State of Colorado, upon the payment of one dollar

Price.

and twenty-five cents pier acre by said city to the United States, to have and to hold said lands to its use and behoof forever, for purposes of

Use.

water storage and supply of its waterworks; and for said purposes said city shall forever have the right, in its discretion, to control and use any and ail parts of the premises herein conveyed, in the construction of reservoirs, laying such pipes and mains, and in making such improvements as may be necessary to utilize the waters contained in any natural or constructed reservoirs upon said premises.