§ 201. — Establishment; boundaries; trespassers; entries under land laws; indemnity 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: 16USC201]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXII--LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 201. Establishment; boundaries; trespassers; entries under
land laws; indemnity lands
All those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land lying and being
situate in the State of California and within the boundaries
particularly described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the northeast
corner of section 3, township 31, range 6 east, Mount Diablo meridian,
California; thence southerly to the southeast corner of said section;
thence easterly to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of
section 11, said township; thence southerly to the southeast corner of
the southwest quarter of section 14, said township; thence easterly to
the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of section 24, said
township; thence southerly to the southeast corner of the southwest
quarter of section 25, said township; thence westerly to the southwest
corner of section 26, said township; thence southerly to the southeast
corner of section 34, said township; thence westerly along the sixth
standard parallel north, allowing for the proper offsets, to the
northeast corner of section 3, township 30 north, range 6 east; thence
southerly to the southeast corner of section 27, said township; thence
westerly to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 28,
said township; thence northerly to the northwest corner of the southeast
quarter of said section; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the
northwest quarter of said section; thence northerly to the northwest
corner of said section; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the
southeast quarter of section 20, said township; thence northerly to the
northwest corner of the southeast quarter of said section; thence
westerly to the range line between ranges 5 and 6 east; thence southerly
along said range line to the southeast corner of township 30 north,
range 5 east; thence westerly along the township line between townships
29 and 30 north to the southwest corner of section 33, township 30
north, range 5 east; thence northerly to the northwest corner of said
section; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the southeast
quarter of section 29, said township; thence northerly to the northwest
corner of the southeast quarter of said section; thence westerly to the
southwest corner of the northwest quarter of said section; thence
northerly to the northwest corner of said section; thence westerly to
the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 20, township 30
north, range 4 east; thence northerly to the northwest corner of the
southeast quarter of section 8, said township; thence easterly to the
northeast corner of the southwest quarter of section 9, said township;
thence northerly to the township line between townships 30 and 31 north;
thence easterly along the sixth standard parallel north, allowing for
the proper offsets, to the southwest corner of section 33, township 31
north, range 4 east; thence northerly to the northwest corner of section
21, said township; thence easterly to the range line between ranges 4
and 5 east; thence northerly along said range line to the northwest
corner of fractional section 18, township 31 north, range 5 east; thence
easterly to the southwest corner of section 12, said township; thence
northerly to the northwest corner of section 1, said township; thence
easterly along the township line between townships 31 and 32 north to
the northeast corner of section 3, township 31 north, range 6 east, the
place of beginning, are reserved and withdrawn from settlement,
occupancy, disposal, or sale, under the laws of the United States, and
said tracts are dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring
ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States
under the name and to be known and designated as the Lassen Volcanic
National Park; and 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 be removed therefrom. Nothing herein
contained shall affect any valid claim, location, or entry existing
under the land laws of the United States before August 9, 1916, or the
rights of any such claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and
enjoyment of his land. No lands located within the park boundaries held
prior to August 9, 1916, in private, municipal, or State ownership shall
be affected by or subject to the provisions of this section and sections
202 and 203 of this title. No lands within the limits of said park
created belonging to or claimed by any railroad or other corporation
having or claiming on August 9, 1916, 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 said park.
(Aug. 9, 1916, ch. 302, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 442; Jan. 26, 1931, ch. 47,
Sec. 4, 46 Stat. 1043; Pub. L. 92-510, Sec. 4, Oct. 19, 1972, 86 Stat.
918.)
References in Text
The land laws of the United States, referred to in text, are
classified generally to Title 43, Public Lands.
Amendments
1972--Pub. L. 92-510 struck out provision that ``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.''
1931--Act Jan. 26, 1931, forbade acquisition of rights of way for
steam and electric railways, automobiles or wagon roads within the park.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Acceptance of Certain Land
Act May 21, 1928, ch. 658, 45 Stat. 644, provided that: ``The
Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept on
behalf of the United States, title to the northeast quarter northeast
quarter section 27, township 30 north, range 5 east, Mount Diablo base
and meridian, situate within the exterior boundaries of Lassen Volcanic
National Park, from the State of California, and in exchange therefor
may patent an area of unreserved, vacant, nonmineral public land of
equal value situate in the same State. The land which may be acquired by
the United States under this Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become
a part of Lassen Volcanic National Park.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 201b, 203, 204c, 205a of
this title.
