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thirteen, said township; thence easterly alons: section line to the 

 northeast corner of section thirteen, said township : thence northerly 

 along range line to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of 

 section seven, township two south, range twenty east; thence easterly 

 to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section seven, said 

 township ; thence southerly along section line to the northwest corner 

 of section seventeen, said township; thence easterly along section 

 lines to the northeast corner of section sixteen, said township ; thence 

 northerly along section lines to the northwest corner of section three, 

 said township; thence westerly along township line to the southwest 

 corner of section thirty-three, township one south, range twenty east; 

 thence northerly along section lines to the northwest corner of section 

 twenty-one, said township; thence westerly along section lines to 

 the southwest corner of section eighteen, said township ; thence north- 

 erly along range line to the northwest corner of section six, said 

 township ; thence westerly along Mount Diablo base line to the south- 

 west corner of section thirty-four, township one north, range nineteen 

 east; thence northerly along section lines through the middle of town- 

 ships one and two north, range nineteen east, to the point of intersec- 

 tion with the summit of the divide between Cherry Creek on the west 

 and Eleanor and Fall creeks on the east; thence along the summit 

 of said divide in a northeasterly direction to the sunnnit of the Sierra 

 Nevada Mountains; thence southeasterly along the summit of the 

 Sierra Nevada IMountains to the divide between the Merced and San 

 Joaquin rivers; thence southwesterly along said divide to the point 

 of intersection with the south boundary of township four south, range 

 twenty-three east. Mount Diablo base and meridian ; thence westerly 

 along township line to the point of intersection with the middle of 

 the channel of the South Fork of the Merced Eiver; thence westerly 

 down the middle of said river to the place of beginning, are hereby 

 reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under 

 the laws of the United States, and set apart as reserved forest lands, 

 subject to all the provisions of the Act of Congress approved October 

 first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act to set apart cer- 

 tain tracts of land in the State of California as forest reservations: " 

 Provided^ That all those tracts or parcels of land described in sec- 

 tion one of the said Act of October first, eighteen hundred and 

 ninet3% and not included within the metes and bounds of the land 

 above described, be. and the same are hereby, included in and made 

 part of the J^ierra Forest Reserve: And provided further. That the 

 Secretary of the Interior may require the payment of such price as 

 he may deem proper for privileges on the land herein segregated 

 from the Yosemite National Park and made a ])art of the Sierra 

 Forest Reserve accorded under the Act ajiproved February fifteenth, 

 nineteen hundred and one, relating to rights of way over certain 

 parks, reservations, and otlier lands, and other acts concerning rights 

 of way over public lands; and the monej's received from the priv- 

 ileges accorded on the lands herein segregated and included in the 

 Sierra Forest Reserve shall be j)aid into the Treasurv of the United 

 States, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the 

 Interior, in the management, improvement, and protection of the 

 forest lands herein set aside and i-eserved, which shall hereafter be 

 known as the " Yosemite Naticmul Park." 



Act February 7, 1905. c. 547, s. 1, 33 Stnt. 702. 



