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16 U.S.C. § 48 — Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove reserved and made part of Yosemite National Park
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The tracts of land embracing the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, described as the “Cleft” or “Gorge” in the granite peak of the Sierra Nevada mountains, situated in the county of Mariposa, in the State of California, and the headwaters of the Merced River, and known as the Yosemite Valley, with its branches or spurs, in estimated length fifteen miles, and in average width one mile back from the main edge of the precipice, on each side of the valley, and the tracts embracing what is known as the “Mariposa Big Tree Grove”, not to exceed the area of four sections, and to be taken in legal subdivisions of one quarter section each, together with that part of fractional sections 5 and 6, township 5 south, range 22 east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, lying south of the South Fork of Merced River and almost wholly between the Mariposa Big Tree Grove and the south boundary of the Yosemite National Park, on June 11, 1906, are reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States and set apart as a national forest, subject to all the limitations, conditions, and provisions of sections 61, 471c and 471d of this title, as well as the limitations, conditions, and provisions of [section 46 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section46&num=0&edition=prelim), and shall hereafter form a part of the Yosemite National Park.
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The tracts of land embracing the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, described as the “Cleft” or “Gorge” in the granite peak of the Sierra Nevada mountains, situated in the county of Mariposa, in the State of California, and the headwaters of the Merced River, and known as the Yosemite Valley, with its branches or spurs, in estimated length fifteen miles, and in average width one mile back from the main edge of the precipice, on each side of the valley, and the tracts embracing what is known as the “Mariposa Big Tree Grove”, not to exceed the area of four sections, and to be taken in legal subdivisions of one quarter section each, together with that part of fractional sections 5 and 6, township 5 south, range 22 east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, lying south of the South Fork of Merced River and almost wholly between the Mariposa Big Tree Grove and the south boundary of the Yosemite National Park, on June 11, 1906, are reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States and set apart as a national forest, subject to all the limitations, conditions, and provisions of sections 61, 471c and 471d of this title, as well as the limitations, conditions, and provisions of [section 46 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section46&num=0&edition=prelim), and shall hereafter form a part of the Yosemite National Park.
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All those tracts or parcels of ground described in [section 471c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section471c&num=0&edition=prelim), 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
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That portion of the Yosemite National Park lying between the boundary line described in [section 46 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section46&num=0&edition=prelim) and the line next herein described is excluded from said park and the said portion so described added to and made a part of the Sierra National Forest, to wit: Beginning at the point on the line between sections 35 and 36, township 4 south, range 21 east, where same intersects the middle of the channel of the South Fork of the Merced River; thence north on section line to the southwest corner of section 25; thence west on section lines to the southwest corner of section 28; thence north on section line to the northwest corner of section 28; thence west on section line to the quarter-section corner between sections 20 and 29; thence north through the middle of section 20 to the center thereof; thence east through the middle of section 20 to the quarter-section corner between sections 20 and 21; thence north on section line to the quarter-section corner between sections 16 and 17; thence west through middle of section 17 to the center thereof; thence north through the middle of sections 17, 8, and 5 to the quarter-section corner of north boundary of section 5 on township boundary, all in township 4 south, range 21 east; thence north through the middle of section 32, township 3 south, range 21 east, to the center thereof; thence west through the middle of section 32, said township, and section 36, township 3 south, range 20 east, to the quarter-section corner between sections 35 and 36; thence north on section line to the quarter-section corner between sections 25 and 26; thence east through the middle of section 25 to the center thereof; thence north through t
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 48
§ 48. Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree
Grove reserved and made part of Yosemite
National Park
The tracts of land embracing the Yosemite
Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, de-
scribed as the ‘‘Cleft’’ or ‘‘Gorge’’ in the granite
peak of the Sierra Nevada mountains, situated
in the county of Mariposa, in the State of Cali-
fornia, and the headwaters of the Merced River,
and known as the Yosemite Valley, with its
branches or spurs, in estimated length fifteen
miles, and in average width one mile back from
the main edge of the precipice, on each side of
the valley, and the tracts embracing what is
known as the ‘‘Mariposa Big Tree Grove’’, not to
exceed the area of four sections, and to be taken
in legal subdivisions of one quarter section each,
together with that part of fractional sections 5
and 6, township 5 south, range 22 east, Mount
Diablo meridian, California, lying south of the
South Fork of Merced River and almost wholly
between the Mariposa Big Tree Grove and the
south boundary of the Yosemite National Park,
on June 11, 1906, are reserved and withdrawn
from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the
laws of the United States and set apart as a na-
tional forest, subject to all the limitations, con-
ditions, and provisions of sections 61, 471c and
471d of this title, as well as the limitations, con-
ditions, and provisions of section 46 of this title,
and shall hereafter form a part of the Yosemite
National Park.
(June 30, 1864, ch. 184, §§ 1, 2, 13 Stat. 325; June 11,
1906, No. 27, § 1, 34 Stat. 831.)
§ 49. Rights of claimants and owners of lands in-
cluded; laws and regulations applicable with-
in park
None of the lands patented and in private own-
ership in the area included under sections 4
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