§ 241. — Establishment; boundaries; maintenance of roads.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC241]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXVI--THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 241. Establishment; boundaries; maintenance of roads
All those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land, title to which
is vested in the United States of America, and being in the State of
North Dakota, and within the boundaries particularly described, as
follows, to wit: Beginning at the point where the north line of the
right-of-way of United States Highway Numbered 10 intersects the east
boundary of section 36, township 140 north, range 101 west, fifth
principal meridian; thence southwesterly and northwesterly along the
north line of said right-of-way through section 1, township 139 north,
range 101 west, and sections 36, 35, 34, 27, 28, 29, and 30, township
140 north, range 101 west; thence northwesterly and southwesterly along
the north line of the right-of-way of said highway to be relocated as
shown on the right-of-way plat for project SNFAP 283C(3) filed for
record in the office of the register of deeds, Medora, North Dakota,
book numbered 2 of plats, page 68, on June 13, 1942, through section 25
and the east half of the northeast quarter of section 26, township 140
north, range 102 west, to the point of intersection with the east
sixteenth section line of said section 26; thence north along the
sixteenth section line to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter
of the northeast quarter of said section 26; thence northwesterly along
a line to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast
quarter of section 23, township 140 north, range 102 west; thence
westerly along the sixteenth section line to the northeast corner of the
southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 22; township 140
north, range 102 west; thence southerly along the east section line to
the southeast corner of said section 22; thence westerly along the south
line of said section 22 to the point of intersection with the right bank
of the Little Missouri River; thence northerly and westerly along the
right bank of said river to the point of intersection with the east line
of section 21, township 140 north, range 102 west; thence southerly
along the east line of said section 21, to the intersection with the
north line of the right-of-way of the Northern Pacific Railway, which
point lies north of said United States Highway Numbered 10; thence
westerly along the north line of said right-of-way to the point of
intersection with the north line of the right-of-way of said United
States Highway Numbered 10; thence westerly along the north line of the
right-of-way of said highway through said section 21 to the intersection
with the west line of said section 21; thence northerly along the west
line of said section 21, and sections 16 and 9, thence continuing
northerly to the southeast corner of Government lot 9, section 5,
township 140 north, range 102 west; thence northwesterly to the
northwest corner of Government lot 2 in said section 5; thence westerly
to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 34, township
141 north, range 102 west; thence northerly along the quarter section
line to the northwest corner of the said southeast quarter of section
34; thence northwesterly along a line to the southwest corner of section
27, township 141 north, range 102 west; thence northerly along the west
line of said section 27, to the southwest corner of the northwest
quarter of said section 27; thence northeasterly along a line to the
southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 22, township 141
north, range 102 west; thence continuing northeasterly along a line to
the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of section 23, township
141 north, range 102 west; thence continuing northeasterly along a line
to the northeast corner of said northwest quarter of section 23; thence
easterly along the north lines of said section 23, and section 24,
township 141 north, range 102 west; to the northwest corner of section
19, township 141 north, range 101 west; thence continuing easterly along
the north line of said section 19 to the northwest corner of the
northeast quarter of said section 19; thence southeasterly along a line
to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of section 20, township 141 north,
range 101 west; thence southerly along the west line of said section 20
to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of section 20; thence
easterly to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 20;
thence southerly to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of
said section 20; thence easterly along the north lines of section 29 and
section 28, to the northeast corner of section 28, township 141 north,
range 101 west; thence southerly along the west line of section 27,
township 141 north, range 101 west, to the southwest corner of said
section 27; thence easterly along the north lines of sections 34, 35,
and 36 to the northeast corner of section 36, township 141 north, range
101 west; thence southerly along the east line of said section 36 to the
southwest corner of section 31, township 141 north, range 100 west;
thence easterly to the southeast corner of said section 31; thence
southeasterly along a line to the northwest corner of Government lot 7
of section 2, township 140 north, range 101 west; thence continuing
southeasterly along a line to the northwest corner of the southwest
quarter of section 1, township 140 north, range 101 west; thence
continuing southeasterly along a line to the northwest corner of the
northeast quarter of section 12, township 140 north, range 101 west;
thence continuing southeasterly along a line to the northwest corner of
the southwest quarter of section 7, township 140 north, range 100 west;
thence easterly along the quarter section line to the northwest corner
of the southeast quarter of said section 7; thence southeasterly along a
line to the northwest corner of section 17, township 140 north, range
100 west; thence continuing southeasterly along a line to a point which
is 33 feet west of the east line of said section 17, and 33 feet north
of the south line of said section 17; thence southerly on a line which
lies 33 feet west of and parallel to the east lines of sections 20, 29,
and 32 of township 140 north, range 100 west, to the point of
intersection with the north right-of-way line of United States Highway
Numbered 10; thence westerly along the north line of said right-of-way
through said sections 32 and 31, township 140 north, range 100 west, to
the point of intersection with the east boundary of section 36, township
140 north, range 101 west, the place of beginning, containing forty-nine
thousand one hundred and fifty-three and seventy-nine one-hundredths
acres more or less, are dedicated and set apart as a public park for the
benefit and enjoyment of the people, and shall be known as the Theodore
Roosevelt National Park. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in
his discretion, to construct and maintain a road or highway through the
park connecting with a State or Federal highway.
(Apr. 25, 1947, ch. 41, Sec. 1, 61 Stat. 52; June 10, 1948, ch. 437,
Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 352; June 29, 1948, ch. 725, 62 Stat. 1102; Pub. L. 95-
625, title VI, Sec. 610, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3521.)
Amendments
1948--Act June 29, 1948, inserted ``are dedicated and set apart as a
public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, and shall be
known as the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. The Secretary of
the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to construct and maintain
a road or highway through the park connecting with a State or Federal
highway.''
Act June 10, 1948, revised boundaries of park.
Change of Name
Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park redesignated Theodore
Roosevelt National Park pursuant to Pub. L. 95-625, title VI, Sec. 610,
Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3521, which is classified to section 241g of
this title.
Appropriations
Section 8 of act Apr. 25, 1947, renumbered section 7 by act June 10,
1948, Sec. 1, provided: ``There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act
[sections 241, 242 to 245, and 247 of this title].''
Conveyance to Federal Agencies or State of Jurisdiction Over Unrequired
Lands
Section 2 of act June 10, 1948, provided that: ``Administrative
jurisdiction over any of such lands that the Secretary of the Interior
finds are not required for exchange purposes as herein provided
[amendment of section 241 of this title by section 1 of act June 10,
1948] may be conveyed to other Federal agencies by the Secretary of the
Interior without exchange of funds, or if such lands are not required by
other Federal agencies they may be conveyed to the State of North Dakota
without reimbursement to the United States.''
