16 U.S.C. § 346 — Exchange of lands

Page 188 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 345 1 See References in Text note below. efit and enjoyment of the people, under the name of the Zion National Park, under which name the aforesaid national park shall be main- tained by allotment of funds heretofore or here- after appropriated for the national monuments, until such time as an independent appropriation is made therefor by Congress. (Nov. 19, 1919, ch. 110, § 1, 41 Stat. 356.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Recitation in this section as originally enacted of the fact that Zion National Monument was established under act June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225, by Presi- dential proclamations of July 31, 1909, 36 Stat. 2498, and Mar. 18, 1918, 40 Stat. 1760, was omitted as historically obsolete. § 345. Administration, protection, and promotion The administration, protection, and pro- motion of said Zion National Park shall be exer- cised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916, entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,’’ 1 and Acts ad- ditional thereto or amendatory thereof. (Nov. 19, 1919, ch. 110, § 2, 41 Stat. 356.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Act of August 25, 1916, entitled ‘‘An Act to estab- lish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,’’, referred to in text, is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Proce- dure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries OBLIGATION OF FEES FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AT ZION OR ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARKS For provisions relating to obligation of expenditure of fees prior to receipt for transportation service con- tracts, see section 140 of Pub. L. 108–7, set out as a note under section 195 of this title. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer- tain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 346. Exchange of lands The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to exchange, in his discretion, alienated lands in Zion National Park for unappropriated and un- reserved public lands of equal value and approxi- mately equal area in the State of Utah outside of said park. (June 7, 1924, ch. 305, § 3, 43 Stat. 594.) § 346a. Extension of boundaries Sections 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31, and 32, town- ship 41 south, range 9 west; unsurveyed sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, and 18, township 42 south, range 9 west; unsurveyed sections 5, 6, 7, and 8, township 42 south, range 91⁄2 west; unsurveyed sections 1, 2, and the north half and southeast quarter sec- tion 3; northeast quarter section 4, east half sec- tion 10, sections 11 and 12, township 42 south, range 10 west; all of section 21, southwest quar- ter section 22, northwest quarter section 27, southeast quarter unsurveyed section 28; east half unsurveyed section 33, township 41 south, range 10 west; and all of sections 34, 35, and 36, township 41 south, range 11 west, all with ref- erence to the Salt Lake meridian, are added to and made a part of the Zion National Park in the State of Utah, subject to all laws and regula- tions applicable to and governing said park. (June 13, 1930, ch. 479, 46 Stat. 582.) § 346a–1. Addition of lands The boundaries of the Zion National Park are revised to include the following described lands: SALT LAKE MERIDIAN Township 39 south, range 10 west: Section 30, those portions of lots 1 to 7, inclusive, lying south of Kolob Creek and lots 8 to 32, inclusive; section 31, lots 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 18, 31 and 32. Township 41 south, range 10 west: Section 28, northeast quarter, that portion of the northwest quarter lying east of the North Fork of the Vir- gin River and lot 9 of the O. D. Gifford survey, the ownership of which is recorded on page 247 of deed book U12 in Washington County, Utah; sec- tion 29, west half; section 31; section 32 (partly surveyed), northeast quarter northwest quarter and west half northwest quarter. Township 39 south, range 11 west: Section 13, southeast quarter southeast quarter; section 32, north half and southeast quarter. Township 40 south, range 11 west: Section 5, lots 1 and 2 and south half northeast quarter. Township 38 south, range 12 west: Section 29, those portions of lot 2 and of the southwest quarter lying east of the easterly right-of-way line of United States Highway 91, identified as project numbered I–01–1(1), Washington County, Utah, said line being 150 feet from and parallel the centerline of such highway, as constructed. (Pub. L. 86–387, § 1, Feb. 20, 1960, 74 Stat. 4.) § 346a–2. Acquisition of lands; administration Privately owned land, or interests therein, within the aforesaid revised boundary may be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior by pur- chase, donation, with donated funds, or by such other means as the Secretary may consider to be in the public interest. When acquired, such land and interests in land shall be administered as a part of the Zion National Park in accord-