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PUBLIC LAW 87-U6-AUG. 17, 1961
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Public Law 87-146 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain property in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, and for other purposes.
August 17, 1961 [H. R. 2203]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Rocky Mountain of the Interior is authorized to exchange in the manner and to the colo. °"
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extent hereinafter provided land, interests in land, and improvements in Rocky Mountain National P a r k: (1) The Secretary may convey to the Colorado Transportation Company the possessory interest which the United States has in the Fall River Pass Building, but not the land upon which the building is situated, adjacent to the Trail Ridge Road in section 36, township 6 north, range 75 west: Provided, The United States shall reserve for a period of two years the right to use without charge the alpine exhibit room; and he may also convey to said company all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the property known as Grand Lake Lodge, described in section 3 hereof as parcel A, including the land and any improvements thereon owned by the United States; (2) In exchange for the foregoing, the Secretary is authorized to accept from the Colorado Transportation Company the land and interests therein located in Rocky Mountain National Park, described in section 3 as parcels C and D, together with such other privately owned land and interests in land within the park as he may designate; (3) I n exchange for the Government property conveyed pursuant to this Act the United States shall receive other property of approximately equal value and such differences as there may be in values shall be equalized by a payment of funds: Provided, That all procedures and rights authorized in this Act shall be in conformity with that agreement entered into under date of February Y, 1961, by and between the United States of America and the Colorado Transportation Company. SEC. 2. Upon consummation of the exchange the Secretary shall, Publicationin by publishing notice in the Federal Register, revise the boundary of Rocky Mountain National P a r k so as to exclude from the park the land described in section 3 as combined parcels A and B. SEC. 3. The aforesaid parcels A, C, and D, and the combined parcels A and B are, subject to minor revisions or corrections of a technical nature, more particularly described as follows: PARCEL A
Beginning at the southeast corner of section 31, township 4 north, range 75 west of the sixth principal meridian; thence north 800.0 feet along the east line of said section 3 1; thence west 1,000.0 feet; thence south 134.06 feet; thence west 329.75 feet; thence south 166.94 feet; thence west 1,078.60 feet; thence south 497.82 feet, more or less, to the south line of said section 31; thence east along the south line of said section 31 to the point of beginning, containing 35 acres more or less. PARCEL c
Beginning at a point on the west line of section 32, township 4 north, range 75 west of the sixth principal meridian, 800 feet north of the southwest corner of said section 32; thence east 660.0 feet; thence north 520.0 feet; thence east 660.0 feet; thence north 1,325.94 feet; thence west to the west line of said section 32; thence south along said
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