§ 46. — Yosemite National Park; lands segregated from and included in Sierra National Forest; rightsofway over.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC46]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VI--SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS
Sec. 46. Yosemite National Park; lands segregated from and
included in Sierra National Forest; rights-of-way over
All those tracts or parcels of ground described in section 471c of
this title, but not included within the metes and bounds of the land
hereinafter described are included and made a part of the Sierra
National Forest, namely: The tracts of land in the State of California
known and described as follows: Beginning at the point where the middle
of the channel of the South Fork of the Merced River intersects the line
between sections 3 and 4, township 4 south, range 20 east, Mount Diablo
base and meridian; thence northerly along section lines through the
middle of townships 3 and 4 south, range 20 east, to the northwest
corner of section 3, township 3 south, range 20 east; thence westerly
along township line to the southwest corner of section 33, township 2
south, range 20 east; thence northerly along section lines to the
northwest corner of section 21, said township; thence westerly along
section lines to the southwest corner of section 18, said township;
thence southerly along range line to the southeast corner of the
northeast quarter of section 24, township 2 south, range 19 east; thence
westerly to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of section 24,
said township; thence southerly to the southeast corner of the southwest
quarter of section 24, said township; thence westerly along section
lines to the southwest corner of section 23, said township; thence
northerly along section lines to the northwest corner of the southwest
quarter of section 14, said township; thence easterly to the northeast
corner of the southeast quarter of section 14, said township; thence
northerly along section line to the northwest corner of section 13, said
township; thence easterly along section line to the northeast corner of
section 13, said township; thence northerly along range line to the
northwest corner of the southwest quarter of section 7, township 2,
south, range 20 east; thence easterly to the northeast corner of the
southeast quarter of section 7, said township; thence southerly along
section line to the northwest corner of section 17, said township;
thence easterly along section lines to the northeast corner of section
16, said township; thence northerly along section lines to the northwest
corner of section 3, said township; thence westerly along township line
to the southwest corner of section 33, township 1 south, range 20 east;
thence northerly along section lines to the northwest corner of section
21, said township; thence westerly along section lines to the southwest
corner of section 18, said township; thence northerly along range line
to the northwest corner of section 6, said township; thence westerly
along Mount Diablo base line to the southwest corner of section 34,
township 1 north, range 19 east; thence northerly along section lines
through the middle of townships 1 and 2 north, range 19 east, to the
point of intersection with the summit of the divide between Cherry Creek
on the west and Eleanor and Fall Creeks on the east; thence along the
summit of said divide in a northeasterly direction to the summit of the
Sierra Nevada Mountains; thence southeasterly along the summit of the
Sierra Nevada Mountains to the divide between the Merced and San Joaquin
Rivers; thence southwesterly along said divide to the point of
intersection with the south boundary of township 4 south, range 23 east,
Mount Diablo base and meridian; thence westerly along township line to
the point of intersection with the middle of the channel of the South
Fork of the Merced River; thence westerly down the middle of said river
to the place of beginning. The lands above described are reserved and
withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the
United States, and set apart as reserved forest lands, subject to all
the provisions of sections 55, 61, 471c and 471d of this title. The
Secretary of the Interior may require the payment of such price as he
may deem proper for privileges on the land herein segregated from the
Yosemite National Park and made a part of the Sierra National Forest
accorded under section 79 of this title, relating to rights of way over
certain parks, reservations, and other lands, and other acts concerning
rights of way over public lands; and the moneys received from the
privileges accorded on the lands herein segregated and included in the
Sierra National Forest shall be paid into the Treasury of the United
States as provided by law. The forest lands herein set aside and
reserved shall be known as the ``Yosemite National Park.''
(Feb. 7, 1905, ch. 547, Sec. 1, 33 Stat. 702; Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34
Stat. 1279.)
References in Text
Section 79 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original a
reference to act Feb. 15, 1901, ch. 372, 31 Stat. 790. For further
details, see Codification note set out under section 79 of this title.
Codification
``Sierra National Forest'' substituted in text for ``Sierra Forest
Reserve'' on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269,
which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national
forests.
Additions to Yosemite National Park
The following provisions authorized the addition of lands to
Yosemite National Park:
Pub. L. 98-425, title I, Sec. 105(a)(2), (d), Sept. 28, 1984, 98
Stat. 1626.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 48, 49 of this title.
