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Sierra Nevada Mountains, situated in the county of Mariposa, State 

 of California, and the headwaters of the Merced River, and known 

 as the Yosemite Valley, Avith its branches or spurs, granted unto the 

 State of California in trust for public use, resort, and recreation by 

 the xVct of Congress entitled "An Act authorizing a grant to the State 

 of California of the Yosemite Valley and of the land embracing the 

 Mariposa Big Tree Grove," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hun- 

 dred and sixty-four (Thirteenth Statutes, page three hundred and 

 twenty-five), as well as the tracts embracing what is known as the 

 "Mariposa Big Tree Grove," likewise granted unto the State of 

 California by the aforesaid Act of Congress, is hereby ratified and 

 accepted, and the tracts of land embracing the Yosemite Valley and 

 the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, as described in the Act of Congress 

 approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, together 

 with that part of fractional sections five and six, township five south, 

 range twenty-two east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, lying 

 south of the South Fork of Merced River and almost whollj^ between 

 the Mariposa Big Tree Grove and the present south boundary of 

 the Yosemite National Park, be, and the same 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 and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws 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 limitations, conditions, and provisions of the Act of Con- 

 gress approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled 

 "An Act to set apart certain- tracts of land in the State of California 

 as forest reservations," as well as the limitations, conditions, and pro- 

 visions of the Act of Congress approved February seventh, nineteen 

 hundred and five^ entitled "An Act to exclude from the Yosemite 

 National Park, California, certain lands therein described, and to 

 attach and include the said lands in the Sierra Forest Reserve," and 

 shall hereafter form a part of the Yosemite National Park. 



The south and west boundary lines of the Yosemite National Park 

 are hereby changed as follovrs: Beginning at the point on the line 

 between sections thirty-five and thirty-six, township four .south, 

 range twenty-one east, where same intersects the middle of the chan- 

 nel of the Soutli Fork of the Merced River; thence north on section 

 line to the soutliwest corner of section twenty-five; thence west on 

 section lines to the southwest corner of section twent3^-eight ; thence 

 north on section line to the northwest corner of section twenty-eight; 

 thence west on section line to the quarter-section corner between sec- 

 tions twenty and twenty-nine; thence north through the middle of 

 section twenty to the center thereof; thence east through the middle 

 of section twenty to the quarter-section corner between sections twenty 

 and twenty-one; thence north on section line to the quarter-section 

 corner between sections sixteen and seventeen ; thence west through 

 middle of section seventeen to the center thereof; thence north 

 through the middle of sections seventeen, eight, and five to the 

 quarter-section corner of north boundary of section five on township 

 boundary, all in township four south, range twenty-one east; thence 

 north through the middle of section thirty-two, toAvnship three south, 

 range twenty-one east, to the center thereof; thence west through 

 the middle of section thirty-two. said township, and section thirty- 

 six, township three south, range twenty ea^t, to the quarter-section 

 comer between sections thirty-five and thirty-six; thence north on 

 section line to the quarter-section corner between sections twenty- 



