98 THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 



1921 — Executive Order of Jan. 28, 1921 (No. 3394). 



"Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 

 (36 Stat. L., 847) as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 

 Stat. L., 497) the following described lands in the State of Wy- 

 oming are hereby temporarily withdrawn, subject to the conditions, 

 provisions and limitations of said acts for the purpose of classify- 

 ing said lands, and pending enactment of appropriate legislation for 

 their proper disposition." 



This order covers the same "Greater Yellowstone" area covered 

 by Executive Order No. 3653, supra; but because it is not made 

 dependent upon any specific legislation its effect is to withdraw 

 the territory indefinitely. 



Yosemite 



1864 — Act of June 30, 1864 (13 Stat. L., 325) — An Act 

 Authorizing a grant to the State of CaUfomia of the 

 "Yo-Semite Valley" and of the land embracing the 

 "Mariposa Big Tree Grove." 



[Sec. i]. That there ... is hereby granted to the State of 

 California the "cleft" or "gorge" . . . known as the Yo-Semite 

 Valley . . . with the stipulation, nevertheless, . . . that the prem- 

 ises shall be held for public use, resort and recreation. . . . 



Sec. 2. That there shall likewise be, and there is hereby, granted 

 to the said State of California the tracts embracing what is known 

 as the "Mariposa Big Tree Grove" . . . with the like stipulation 

 as expressed in the first section of this act. . . . 



1890 — Act of October i, 1890 (36 Stat. L., 650) — ^An Act 

 To set apart certain tracts of land in the State of 

 California as forest reservations. 



[Sec I]. That the tracts of land^ in the State of California 

 . . . are hereby ... set apart as reserved forest lands. . . . Pro- 

 vided, however. That nothing in this act shall be construed as in 

 anywise affecting the grant of lands made to the State of Califor- 

 nia by virtue of the act entitled "an act authorizing a grant to the 

 state of California of the 'Yo-Semite Valley' and of the land em- 

 bracing the 'Mariposa Big Tree Grove.' "... 



Sec. 2. That said reservation shall be under the exclusive con- 

 trol of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be ... to 

 make . . . rules and regulations . . . proper for the care and man- 

 agement of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the 

 preservation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities or 



1 The lands included in this grant completely surrounded the "cleft" 

 or "gorge" referred to in the Act of June 30, 1864. 



