16 U.S.C. § 445 — Canyon De Chelly National Monument; establishment; boundaries
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With the Navajo Tribal Council's consent, the President can create Canyon De Chelly National Monument. It sits inside the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona. The law describes the exact lands included.
This section lets the President of the United States establish the Canyon De Chelly National Monument by presidential proclamation -- but only with the consent of the tribal council of the Navajo Tribe of Indians. The monument sits within the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona.
The monument includes all land in Del Muerto Canyon, De Chelly Canyon, and Monument Canyon, plus the canyons that feed into them, plus a strip of land within half a mile of the rims of those canyons.
The exact area is described by township and range: unsurveyed townships 4 and 5 north, range 7 west; townships 4, 5, and 6 north, range 8 west; townships 4 and 5 north, range 9 west; and surveyed townships 4 and 5 north, range 6 west; townships 3, 6, and 7 north, range 7 west; township 6 north, range 9 west; and township 5 north, range 10 west -- all measured from the Navajo meridian in Arizona. The total area covers about 83,840 acres.
With the consent of the tribal council of the Navajo Tribe of Indians, the President of the United States is authorized to establish by presidential proclamation the Canyon De Chelly National Monument, within the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, including the lands hereinafter described.
All lands in Del Muerto, De Chelly, and Monument Canyons, in the canyons tributary thereto, and the lands within one-half mile of the rims of the said canyons, situated in unsurveyed townships 4 and 5 north, range 7 west; townships 4, 5, and 6 north, range 8 west; townships 4 and 5 north, range 9 west; and in surveyed townships 4 and 5 north, range 6 west; townships 3, 6, and 7 north, range 7 west; township 6 north, range 9 west; and township 5 north, range 10 west; embracing about eighty-three thousand eight hundred and forty acres, all of the Navajo meridian, in Arizona.
Source credit: (Feb. 14, 1931, ch. 188, § 1, 46 Stat. 1161; Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 161, 47 Stat. 1419.)
- 1931Enacted · Act of Feb. 14, 1931, ch. 188 · 46 Stat. 1161
- 1933Amended · Act of Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 161 · 47 Stat. 1419
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 188 on 1931-02-14.
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