§ 161. — Establishment; boundaries; trespassers; claims and rights under land laws not affected; reclamation projects; indemnity selections of lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC161]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XX--GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 161. Establishment; boundaries; trespassers; claims and
rights under land laws not affected; reclamation projects;
indemnity selections of lands
The tract of land in the State of Montana particularly described by
metes and bounds as follows, to wit: Commencing at a point on the
international boundary between the United States and the Dominion of
Canada at the middle of the Flathead River; thence following southerly
along and with the middle of the Flathead River to its confluence with
the Middle Fork of the Flathead River; thence following the north bank
of said Middle Fork of the Flathead River to where it is crossed by the
north boundary of the right-of-way of the Great Northern Railroad;
thence following the said right-of-way to where it intersects the west
boundary of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation; thence northerly along
said west boundary to its intersection with the international boundary;
thence along said international boundary to the place of beginning, is
reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the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 Glacier National Park.'' All
persons who shall locate or settle upon or occupy the same, or any part
thereof, except as hereinafter provided, shall be considered trespassers
and removed therefrom. Nothing herein contained shall affect any valid
claim, location, or entry existing under the land laws of the United
States before May 11, 1910, or the rights of any such claimant, locator,
or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land. The United States
Reclamation Service may enter upon and utilize for flowage or other
purposes any area within said park which may be necessary for the
development and maintenance of a Government reclamation project. No
lands within the limits of Glacier National Park belonging to or claimed
by any railroad or other corporation having or claiming before May 11,
1910, the right of indemnity selection by virtue of any law or contract
whatsoever shall be used as a basis for indemnity selection in any State
or Territory whatsoever for any loss sustained by reason of the creation
of Glacier National Park.
(May 11, 1910, ch. 226, Sec. 1, 36 Stat. 354; Jan. 26, 1931, ch. 47,
Sec. 5, 46 Stat. 1043.)
References in Text
The land laws of the United States, referred to in text, are
classified generally to Title 43, Public Lands.
Herein, referred to in text, means act May 11, 1910, ch. 226, 36
Stat. 354, which is classified to this section and section 162 of this
title.
Codification
In sentence beginning ``Nothing herein contained'', the words
``before May 11, 1910'' were inserted to give effect to the preceding
word ``existing'', and in the last sentence the words ``having or
claiming before May 11, 1910'' are a translation of the words ``now
having or claiming'' of the original text.
Amendments
1931--Act Jan. 26, 1931, struck out provision that right of way
through the valleys of the North and Middle Forks of the Flathead River
might be acquired within Glacier National Park for steam or electric
railways.
Change of Name
Reclamation Service, established in July 1902, changed to Bureau of
Reclamation in June 1923.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 162 of this title.
