42 THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 



this monument and changed its name to Zion 'National Mon- 

 ument, which, in the following year, by act of November 19, 

 1919 (41 Stat. L., 356) became Zion National Park. The act 

 provided that the park should be administered by. the National 

 Park Service and maintained by an allotment of funds from 

 the appropriations for the monuments until an independent 

 appropriation should be made. Two appropriations have been 

 made by the acts of June 5, 1920 and March 4, 1921 (41 Stat. 

 L., 919 and 1408), in the respective amounts of $7,500 and 

 $10,000 for "administration, protection, maintenance and im- 

 provement." 



Hot Springs. Hot Springs Park is unique not only as the 

 "Great American Spa" but as being at once the oldest and 

 the youngest member of the park system. It was reserved 

 many years before any other member of the park system, 

 April 20, 1832 (4 Stat. L., 505), but did not finally receive 

 the name of park until March 4, 192 1 (41 Stat. L., 1407). 

 Because of its nature its history has been different from that 

 of every other member of the system. It is a health resort 

 rather than a "pleasure ground." It is only fair to add, how- 

 ever, that the development of Hot Springs in recent years, its 

 equable climate, and the beauty of the surrounding region com- 

 bine to make it a far from unattractive place to visit. 



The act of June 11, 1870 (16 Stat. L., 149) authorized suit 

 in the Court of Claims by any one claiming title to any land 

 in the reservation, and for a receiver to take charge of the 

 lands in case of decision in favor of the United States. Final 

 decision was so rendered by the Supreme Court in October, 

 1875.1 By the act of March 3, 1877 (19 Stat. L., 377) a 

 commission was created to lay off the reservation into lots and 

 streets, to set apart Hot Springs Mountain as a permanent res- 

 ervation and to condemn the buildings thereon, to determine 

 upon the rights of claimants to take lots at appraised values, 

 and to sell the lots not so taken. Hot Springs Mountain was 

 placed in charge of a superintendent to be appointed by the 

 1 "Hot Springs Cases," 2 Otto. 6g8. 



