Proposed Canyonlands National Park in Utah: Hearing ... 88-1 ... April 25, 1963 |
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18 east partially 25-year period 30 south acres agreed agreement amendment April 22 Association boundaries Canyon Canyonlands area Canyonlands National Park Canyonlands Park Chairman committee compromise Congress congressional delegation corner of section County Commission deleted Department east line east partially surveyed EDWARDS established exchange exploration Federal feel Governor Clyde grazing half of section hearings included Interior lease line of section Lloyd meeting ment Moss bill National Park bill National Park Service north line northeast corner oil and gas park area permitted phaseout potential proposed park protect range 18 range 20 east Republican roads Salt Lake City San Juan County Secretary Senator Bennett Senator BIBLE Senator Frank Senator METCALF Senator Moss Senator SIMPSON Senator Wallace south line southeast statement subcommittee surveyed township testify Thank thence westerly tion township 27 south U.S. Senate Upheaval Dome Utah delegation Utah's Wallace F Washington west line
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Page 4 - In exercising his authority to acquire property by exchange, the Secretary may accept title to any non-Federal property within the boundaries of the park and recreation areas and in exchange therefor he may convey to the grantor of such property...
Page 50 - The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
Page 10 - Any person who has acquired from the United States the coal deposits in any such land, or the right to mine or remove the same, may re-enter and occupy so much of the surface thereof as may be required...
Page 10 - Willamette meridian, all mineral deposits of the classes and kinds now subject to location, entry, and patent under the mining laws of the United States shall be, exclusive of the land containing them, subject to disposal under such laws...
Page 2 - That in order to preserve an area in the State of Utah possessing superlative scenic, scientific, and archeologic features for the inspiration, benefit, and use of the public, there is hereby established the Canyonlands National Park, which, subject to valid existing rights, shall comprise the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled 'Boundary Map, Canyonlands National Park, Utah...
Page 9 - Within the area described in section 1 hereof or which lies within the boundaries of the park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands and interests in lands by such means as he may deem to be in the public interest. The Secretary may accept title to any non-Federal property within the park...
Page 4 - The properties so exchanged shall be approximately equal in fair market value, provided that the Secretary may accept cash from or pay cash to the grantor in such an exchange in order to equalize the values of the properties exchanged.
Page 5 - Interior in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 USC 1 and the following), as amended and supplemented.
Page 50 - To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive form — this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religiousness.
Page 8 - ... township 28}£ south, range 18 east (partially surveyed) ; thence westerly along the south line of the north half of sections 24 and 23 to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of section 23, township 28 south, range 17 east (partially surveyed) ; thence northerly along the west line of the northeast quarter of section 23 and the west line of the southeast quarter of section 14 to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 14, township 28 south, range 17 east (partially...