Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 111


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 111. Establishment; boundaries

      There is reserved from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposal
    and set apart as a public reservation, all those certain tracts,
    pieces and parcels of land lying and being situated in the State of
    Colorado, within the boundaries described as follows:
      Beginning at a point on the north boundary of the Southern Ute
    Indian Reservation in southwestern Colorado where the north quarter
    corner of unsurveyed fractional section 2, township 34 north, range
    15 west, "south of the Ute boundary", intersects the same; thence
    south to the south quarter corner of unsurveyed section 26, said
    township; thence west to the southwest corner of unsurveyed section
    25, township 34 north, range 16 west; thence north to the northwest
    corner of unsurveyed fractional section 1 said township and range;
    thence west to the southeast corner of fractional section 12,
    township 34 north, range 16 west, "north of the Ute boundary";
    thence north to the northwest corner of section 19, township 35
    north, range 15 west; thence east to the southwest corner of the
    southeast quarter of section 16, said township; thence north to the
    northwest corner of the southeast quarter of said section; thence
    east to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of section
    13, said township; thence north to the northwest corner of the
    northeast quarter of said section; thence east to the southwest
    corner of section 7, township 35 north, range 14 west; thence north
    to the northwest corner of said section; thence east to the
    southwest corner of section 5, said township; thence north to the
    northwest corner of said section; thence east to the northeast
    corner of said section; thence south to the southeast corner of the
    northeast quarter of said section; thence east to the northeast
    corner of the southwest quarter of section 4, said township; thence
    south to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of section
    16, said township; thence east to the northeast corner of the
    southeast quarter of said section; thence south to the northwest
    corner of section 22, said township; thence east to the northeast
    corner of said section; thence south to the northwest corner of
    section 26, said township; thence east along the north section line
    of section 26 to the east bank of the Rio Mancos: thence in a
    southeasterly direction along the east bank of the Rio Mancos to
    its intersection with the northern boundary line of the Southern
    Ute Indian Reservation, thence west along said Indian reservation
    boundary to its intersection with the range line between ranges 14
    and 15 west, the place of beginning.
      Said park shall be known as Mesa Verde National Park.



Previous [Notes] Next

Related Resources

Environmental Law Guide

FindLaw Environmental News

Endangered Species Act Summary

Environmental Law Discussion

Ads by FindLaw