§ 401. — Establishment; boundaries; administration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC401]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XLV--BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 401. Establishment; boundaries; administration
There is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or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 for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, under the
name of the ``Bryce Canyon National Park,'' the tract of land in the
State of Utah particularly described by and included within metes and
bounds, as follows, to wit:
Unsurveyed sections 31 and 32, township 36 south, range 3 west;
surveyed section 36, township 36 south, range 4 west; north half,
southwest quarter and west half of the southeast quarter of partially
surveyed section 5; unsurveyed sections 6 and 7, west half, west half of
the northeast quarter, and west half of the southeast quarter of
partially surveyed section 8, partially surveyed section 17, and
unsurveyed section 18, township 37 south, range 3 west; and unsurveyed
sections 1, 12, and 13, township 37 south, range 4, all west of the Salt
Lake meridian in the State of Utah. All the land within the exterior
boundaries of the aforesaid tract shall first become the property of the
United States. The administration, protection, and promotion of said
Bryce Canyon National Park shall be exercised under the direction of the
Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the
provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 305, Secs. 1, 2, 43 Stat. 593, 594; Feb. 25, 1928,
ch. 102, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 147; May 12, 1928, ch. 533, Sec. 1, 45 Stat.
502.)
Codification
The last sentence of this section is from section 2 of act June 7,
1924.
Amendments
1928--Act May 12, 1928, changed description of land in section 8
from ``west half of the southwest quarter'' to ``west half of the
southeast quarter''.
Change of Name
``Utah National Park'' changed to ``Bryce Canyon National Park'' by
section 1 of act Feb. 25, 1928, classified to section 402a of this
title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 402a, 402b, 402c of this
title.
