§ 117. — Exclusive jurisdiction ceded to United States by Colorado; saving provisions; fugitives from justice.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC117]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XII--MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 117. Exclusive jurisdiction ceded to United States by
Colorado; saving provisions; fugitives from justice
Sole and exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States over
the territory embraced and included within the Mesa Verde National Park,
saving, however, to the State of Colorado the right to serve civil or
criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid park in suits or
prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred,
or crimes committed outside of said park; and saving further to the said
State the right to tax persons and corporations, their franchises and
property on the lands included in said tracts: and saving also to the
persons residing in said park now or after April 25, 1928, the right to
vote at all elections held within the county or counties in which said
tracts are situated. All the laws applicable to places under the sole
and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall have force and
effect in said park. All fugitives from justice taking refuge in said
park shall be subject to the same laws as refugees from justice found in
the State of Colorado.
(Apr. 25, 1928, ch. 434, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 458.)
Codification
A provision accepting the act of the Colorado Legislature which
ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the territory
referred to in this section has been omitted as executed.
