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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores

§ 119a. Boundaries

Statutory text

The Petrified Forest National Park, authorized to be established pursuant to section 119 of this title, shall comprise the following described lands:

gila and salt river meridian

Township 20 north, range 23 east: Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36, all.

Township 20 north, range 24 east: All.

Township 20 north, range 25 east: Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, all.

Township 19 north, range 23 east: Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, all.

Township 19 north, range 24 east: Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, all; section 11, northwest quarter and north half northeast quarter; sections 16, 17, 18, 21, 28, 33, all.

Township 18 north, range 24 east: Sections 4, 9, all; section 10, southwest quarter; sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, 36, all.

Township 17 north, range 24 east: Sections 2, 11, 14, 23, 26, west halves; sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, all.

Township 17 north, range 23 east: Sections 34, 35, 36, all.

Township 16 north, range 24 east: Sections 3 and 10, west halves; sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, all.

Township 16 north, range 23 east: Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, all; sections 3, 10, east halves.

Township 19 north, range 24 east: the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 27.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 85–358 § 2 · 72 Stat. 69

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 119a

    Pub. L. 85–358, § 2, Mar. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 69

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 85–358, § 2, Mar. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 69

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. The Petrified Forest National Park, authorized to be established pursuant to section 1 of this Act, shall comprise the following described lands: gila and salt river meridian Township 20 north, range 23 east: Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36, all. Township 20 north, range 24 east: All. Township 20 north, range 25 east: Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, all. Township 19 north, range 23 east: Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, all. Township 19 north, range 24 east: Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, all: section 11, northwest quarter and north half northeast quarter; sections 16, 17, 18, 21, 28, 33, all. Township 18 north, range 24 east: Sections 4, 9, all; section 10, southwest quarter; sections 13,14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, 36, all. Township 17 north, range 24 east: Sections 2, 11, 14, 23, 26, west halves; sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, all. Township 17 north, range 23 east: Sections 34, 35, 36, all. Township 16 north, range 24 east: Sections 3 and 10, west halves; sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, all. Township 16 north, range 23 east: Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, all; sections 3, 10, east halves.

  2. Pub. L. 99–250 § 1 · 100 Stat. 13

    Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 119a

    Pub. L. 99–250 inserted “Township 19 north, range 24 east: the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 27.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 99–250 inserted “Township 19 north, range 24 east: the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 27.”

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 99–250, § 2, Feb. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 13, provided that: “The provisions of this Act [amending this section] shall not take effect until the Secretary of the Interior determines that fee simple title to the property described in section 1 has vested in the United States. Such determination of the Secretary shall be published in the Federal Register.”

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1986—Pub. L. 99–250 inserted “Township 19 north, range 24 east: the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 27.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

Pub. L. 99–250, § 2, , 100 Stat. 13, provided that: “The provisions of this Act [amending this section] shall not take effect until the Secretary of the Interior determines that fee simple title to the property described in section 1 has vested in the United States. Such determination of the Secretary shall be published in the Federal Register.”

Credits

1958–1986 · 2 acts
  1. 1958Pub. L. 85–358, § 2, , 72 Stat. 69
  2. 1986Pub. L. 99–250, § 1, , 100 Stat. 13.
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(Pub. L. 85–358, § 2, , 72 Stat. 69; Pub. L. 99–250, § 1, , 100 Stat. 13.)

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