16 U.S.C. § 41 — Sequoia National Park; establishment; boundaries; trespassers
submitted 136 years ago by ch. 926 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 118 words · no verdicts yet
This law creates Sequoia National Park by describing specific land in California and setting it aside as a public park. The land is taken out of the normal rules for settling or buying federal land. Anyone who settles there without permission is treated as a trespasser and can be removed.
The tract of land in the State of California known and described as township numbered 18 south, of range numbered 30 east, also township 18 south, range 31 east; and sections 31, 32, 33, and 34, township 17 south, range 30 east, all east of Mount Diablo meridian, is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park, or pleasure ground, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people; and all persons who shall locate or settle upon, or occupy the same or any part thereof except as provided in section 43 of this title, shall be considered trespassers and removed therefrom.
Source credit: (Sept. 25, 1890, ch. 926, § 1, 26 Stat. 478.)
- 1890Enacted · Act of Sept. 25, 1890, ch. 926 · 26 Stat. 478
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 926 on 1890-09-25.
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