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[CITE: 16USC221]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
               SUBCHAPTER XXIV--GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 221. Establishment; boundaries

    There is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or 
disposal under the laws of the United States and dedicated and set apart 
as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, under the 
name of the ``Grand Canyon National Park'', the tract of land in the 
State of Arizona particularly described by and included within metes and 
bounds, as follows, to wit:
    Beginning at a point which is the northeast corner of township 30 
north, range 1 east, of the Gila and Salt River meridian, Arizona; 
thence west on township line between townships 30 and 31 north, range 1 
east, to section corner common to sections 1 and 2, township 30 north, 
range 1 east, and 35 and 36 township 31 north, range 1 east; thence 
north on section lines to the intersection with Tobocobya Spring-Rowe 
Well Road; thence northwesterly along the southwesterly side of said 
Tobocobya Spring-Rowe Well Road, passing and in relation to United 
States Geological Survey bench marks stamped ``Canyon'' and numbered 
6340, 6235, 6372, 6412, 6302, 6144, and 6129, through townships 31 and 
32 north, ranges 1 east and 1 and 2 west, to its intersection with the 
section line between sections 9 and 16 in township 32 north, range 2 
west; thence west along the section lines through townships 32 north, 
ranges 2 and 3 west, to its intersection with upper westerly rim of 
Cataract Canyon; thence northwesterly along upper rim of Cataract 
Canyon, crossing Hualapai Canyon and continuing northwesterly along said 
upper rim to its intersection with range line, township 33 north, 
between ranges 4 and 5 west; thence north on said range line, townships 
33 and 34 north, ranges 4 and 5 west, to north bank of the Colorado 
River; thence northeasterly along the north bank of the Colorado River 
to junction with Tapeats Creek; thence easterly along north bank of 
Tapeats Creek to junction with Spring Creek; thence easterly along the 
north bank of Spring Creek to its intersection with Gila and Salt River 
meridian, township 34 north, between ranges 1 east and 1 west and 
between section 6, township 34 north, range 1 east, and section 1, 
township 34 north, range 1 west; thence south on range line between 
ranges 1 east and 1 west to section corner common to sections 7 and 18, 
township 34 north, range 1 east, and sections 12 and 13, township 34 
north, range 1 west; thence east on section lines to section corner 
common to sections 7, 8, 17, and 18, township 34 north, range 2 east; 
thence south on section lines to township line between townships 33 and 
34 north, range 2 east, at section corner common to sections 31 and 32, 
township 34 north, range 2 east, and sections 5 and 6, township 33 
north, range 2 east; thence east on township line to section corner 
common to sections 31 and 32, township 34 north, range 3 east, and 
sections 5 and 6, township 33 north, range 3 east; thence south on 
section lines to section corner common to sections 17, 18, 19, and 20, 
township 33 north, range 3 east; thence east on section lines to section 
corner common to sections 13, 14, 23, and 24, township 33 north, range 3 
east; thence north on section lines to section corner common to sections 
1, 2, 11, and 12, township 33 north, range 3 east; thence east on 
section lines to the intersection with upper rim of Grand Canyon; thence 
northerly along said upper rim of Grand Canyon to main hydrographic 
divide north of Nankoweap Creek; thence easterly along the said 
hydrographic divide to its intersection with the Colorado River, 
approximately at the mouth of Nankoweap Creek; thence easterly across 
the Colorado River and up the hydrographic divide nearest the junction 
of Nankoweap Creek and Colorado River to a point on the upper east rim 
of the Grand Canyon; thence by shortest route to an intersection with 
range line, townships 33 and 34 north, between ranges 5 and 6 east; 
thence south on said range line, between ranges 5 and 6 east, to section 
corner common to sections 18 and 19, township 33 north, range 6 east, 
and sections 13 and 24, township 33 north, range 5 east; thence east on 
section lines to section corner common to sections 16, 17, 20, and 21, 
township 33 north, range 6 east; thence south on section lines to 
section corner common to sections 8, 9, 16, and 17, township 31 north, 
range 6 east; thence west on section line to section corner common to 
sections 7, 8, 17, and 18, township 31 north, range 6 east; thence south 
on section lines to township line between townships 30 and 31 north at 
section corner common to sections 31 and 32, township 31 north, range 6 
east, and sections 5 and 6, township 30 north, range 6 east; thence west 
on township line to section corner common to sections 34 and 35, 
township 31 north, range 5 east, and sections 2 and 3, township 30 
north, range 5 east; thence south on section line to section corner 
common to sections 2, 3, 10, and 11, township 30 north, range 5 east; 
thence west on section lines to range line, township 30 north, between 
ranges 4 and 5 east, to section corner common to sections 6 and 7, 
township 30 north, range 5 east, and 1 and 12, township 30 north, range 
4 east; thence south on range line, township 30 north, between ranges 4 
and 5 east, to section corner common to sections 7 and 18, township 30 
north, range 5 east, and sections 12 and 13, township 30 north, range 4 
east; thence west on section line to section corner common to sections 
11, 12, 13, and 14, township 30 north, range 4 east; thence south on 
section line to section corner common to sections 13, 14, 23, and 24, 
township 30 north, range 4 east; thence west on section lines to section 
corner common to sections 15, 16, 21, and 22, township 30 north, range 4 
east; thence south on section line to section corner common to sections 
21, 22, 27, and 28, township 30 north, range 4 east; thence west on 
section lines to range line, township 30 north, between ranges 3 and 4 
east, at section corner common to sections 19 and 30, township 30 north, 
range 4 east, and sections 24 and 25, township 30 north, range 3 east; 
thence north on range line to section corner common to sections 18 and 
19, township 30 north, range 4 east, and sections 13 and 24, township 30 
north, range 3 east; thence west on section lines to section corner 
common to sections 14, 15, 22, and 23, township 30 north, range 3 east; 
thence north on section line to section corner common to sections 10, 
11, 14, and 15, township 30 north, range 3 east; thence west on section 
lines to range line at section corner common to sections 7 and 18, 
township 30 north, range 3 east, and sections 12 and 13, township 30 
north, range 2 east; thence north on range line to section corner common 
to sections 6 and 7, township 30 north, range 3 east, and sections 1 and 
12, township 30 north, range 2 east; thence west on section line to 
section corner common to sections 1, 2, 11, and 12, township 30 north, 
range 2 east; thence north on section line to township line at section 
corner common to sections 35 and 36, township 31 north, range 2 east, 
and sections 1 and 2, township 30 north, range 2 east; thence west on 
township line to the northeast corner of township 30 north, range 1 
east, the place of beginning.

(Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 44, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 1175.)


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 93-620, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2089, provided 
that: ``This act [enacting sections 228a to 228j of this title, amending 
section 227 of this title, and repealing section 223 of this title] may 
be cited as the `Grand Canyon National Park Enlargement Act'.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 221b of this title.
