§ 450ii. — Joshua Tree National Monument; revision of boundaries.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC450ii]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXI--NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
Sec. 450ii. Joshua Tree National Monument; revision of
boundaries
Joshua Tree National Monument, in the State of California,
established by Proclamation Numbered 2193, of August 10, 1936 (50 Stat.
1760), after September 25, 1950, shall comprise the following-described
area:
san bernardino meridian
Township 1 south, range 5 east, sections 22 to 27, inclusive, and
sections 34 to 36, inclusive; township 2 south, range 5 east, portion of
east half lying north of the north right-of-way line of the Colorado
River aqueduct but excluding therefrom that portion of the Long Canyon
Camp and dump area in section 27; township 1 south, range 6 east,
sections 19 to 36, inclusive; township 2 south, range 6 east, sections 1
to 30, inclusive, that portion of section 31 lying north of the north
right-of-way line of the Colorado River aqueduct, and sections 32 to 36,
inclusive; township 3 south, range 6 east, portion lying north of the
north right-of-way line of the Colorado River aqueduct but excluding
therefrom that portion of the Deception Camp and dump area in section
14, that portion of the West Deception Camp and dump area in section 10,
and the portions of the East Wide Canyon Camps and dump areas in
sections 5 and 6; township 1 south, range 7 east, sections 1 to 4,
inclusive, and 9 to 15, inclusive, unsurveyed, section 16, sections 19
to 23, inclusive, section 24, unsurveyed, and sections 25 to 36,
inclusive; township 2 south, range 7 east; township 3 south, range 7
east, portion lying north of the north right-of-way line of the Colorado
River aqueduct but excluding therefrom that portion of the Fan Hill Camp
and dump area in section 20; township 1 south, range 8 east, partly
unsurveyed; townships 2 and 3 south, range 8 east; township 1 south,
range 9 east, sections 5 to 9, inclusive, sections 16 to 23, inclusive,
and sections 26 to 35, inclusive; township 2 south, range 9 east,
sections 2 to 11, inclusive, and sections 14 to 36, inclusive, partly
unsurveyed; township 3 south, range 9 east; township 4 south, range 9
east; sections 1 to 5, inclusive, and sections 11 to 14, inclusive;
township 2 south, range 10 east, sections 25 to 36, inclusive,
unsurveyed; township 3 south, range 10 east, partly unsurveyed; township
4 south, range 10 east, sections 1 to 18, inclusive, sections 22 to 26,
inclusive, and sections 35 and 36; township 5 south, range 10 east,
section 1; township 2 south, range 11 east, sections 25 to 36,
inclusive, unsurveyed; townships 3 and 4 south, range 11 east, partly
unsurveyed; township 5 south, range 11 east, sections 1 to 18,
inclusive, sections 22 to 27, inclusive, and sections 34, 35, and 36;
township 6 south, range 11 east, portion of sections 1, 2, and 3 lying
north of north transmission line right-of-way which is adjacent to the
north right-of-way line of the Colorado River aqueduct but excluding
therefrom the Aggregate Deposit in section 3; township 2 south, range 12
east, section 13 and sections 23 to 36, inclusive, partly unsurveyed;
townships 3 and 4 south, range 12 east, partly unsurveyed; township 5
south, range 12 east, sections 1 to 24, inclusive, and sections 26 to
34, inclusive, partly unsurveyed, and portions of sections 25 and 35
lying north of north transmission line right-of-way which is adjacent to
the north right-of-way line of the Colorado River aqueduct; township 6
south, range 12 east, portions of sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10, lying
north of north transmission line right-of-way which is adjacent to the
north right-of-way line of the Colorado River aqueduct but excluding
therefrom the Bumpani's Aggregate Deposit in section 4; township 2
south, range 13 east, sections 1 and 2 and sections 7 to 36, inclusive,
partly unsurveyed; township 3 south, range 13 east, sections 1 to 18,
inclusive, partly unsurveyed; township 5 south, range 13 east, sections
6, 7, 18, and 19, unsurveyed; township 1 south, range 14 east, sections
33 to 36, inclusive, partly unsurveyed; township 2 south, range 14 east,
partly unsurveyed; township 3 south, range 14 east, sections 1 to 18,
inclusive, partly unsurveyed; township 1 south, range 15 east, sections
31 to 35, inclusive, partly unsurveyed; township 2 south, range 15 east,
sections 2 to 36, inclusive, partly unsurveyed; township 3 south, range
15 east, sections 1 to 12, inclusive, partly unsurveyed, and section 18,
unsurveyed; township 2 south, range 16 east, sections 18, 19, 30, and
31, unsurveyed; and township 3 south, range 16 east, sections 6 and 7
unsurveyed. Also, all that portion of the south half of the northeast
quarter and of the north half of the southeast quarter of section 33,
township 1 north, range 9 east, San Bernardino base and meridian, in the
county of San Bernardino, State of California, shown on map titled
``Record of Survey'' by H. F. Cameron, Junior, licensed engineer 6826,
dated December 29, 1948, and James B. Hommon, licensed engineer 6916,
dated October 5, 1949, and made for the National Park Service,
Department of the Interior, and recorded October 17, 1949, in volume 7,
page 72, of the official records of the county of San Bernardino, said
land being described as follows:
Beginning at the United States Government Land Office monument
marked as the east quarter corner of said section 33, thence
proceeding on a true bearing south 89 degrees 02 minutes 10 seconds
west a distance of 50.01 feet to the true point of beginning of the
hereinafter described parcel of land;
Thence north 0 degrees 02 minutes 55 seconds west a distance of
250.08 feet to a point of curve; thence along the arc of a curve to
the left having a radius of 20.00 feet a distance of 31.73 feet to a
point of tangency; thence south 89 degrees 02 minutes 40 seconds
west a distance of 2,559.24 feet; thence south 0 degrees 19 minutes
50 seconds east a distance of 270.76 feet;
Thence south 0 degrees 21 minutes 02 seconds east a distance of
409.32 feet to the beginning of a curve; thence along the arc of a
curve to the left having a radius of 280.98 feet a distance of
275.93 feet to a point of compound curvature; thence along the arc
of a curve to the left having a radius of 800.00 feet a distance of
753.98 feet to a point of tangency; thence north 69 degrees 22
minutes 58 seconds east a distance of 125.31 feet to the beginning
of a curve;
Thence along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of
1,400.00 feet a distance of 1.042.74 feet to a point of tangency;
thence south 67 degrees 56 minutes 33 seconds east a distance of
94.55 feet to the beginning of a curve; thence along the arc of a
curve to the left having a radius of 700.00 feet a distance of
366.52 feet to a point of compound curvature;
Thence along the arc of a curve to the left having a radius of
167.60 feet a distance of 240.17 feet to a point of tangency; thence
north 0 degrees 02 minutes 55 seconds west a distance of 648.91 feet
to the point of beginning containing 57.839 acres, more or less.
(Sept. 25, 1950, ch. 1030, Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 1033; Pub. L. 87-80, June
30, 1961, 75 Stat. 197.)
Amendments
1961--Pub. L. 87-80 included within the boundaries of Joshua Tree
National Monument certain federally owned lands situate in county of San
Bernardino, California.
Abolition of Joshua Tree National Monument
Joshua Tree National Monument abolished and incorporated in Joshua
Tree National Park, see section 410aaa-22 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 450ii-1, 450ii-2 of this
title.
