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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



the State Sempervirens Club, The California Club, and The Out- 

 door Art League have adopted resolutions favoring recession ; 



Whereas, Over one hundred newspapers, including all the 

 leading newspapers throughout the State, without regard to 

 political affiliation, have, by editorial comment, favored recession, 

 while only two were opposed, thus indicating that the people of 

 the State are overwhelmingly in favor of recession; 



Therefore, The Sierra Club memorializes the President and 

 Congress of the United States to pass such laws as may be neces- 

 sary to accept the "Yosemite Valley" and the "Mariposa Big Tree 

 Grove," in accordance with the terms of the said act of reces- 

 sion by the State of California. 



John Muir, President. 



A. G. McApiE, Vice-President. 



J. N. Le Conte^ Treasurer. 



Wm. E. Colby, Secretary. 



George Davidson, 



Wm. R, Dudley, 



J. S. Hutchinson, Jr., 



Warren Olney, 



E. T. Parsons, 

 Board of Directors of the Sierra Club. 



[appendix.] 



An Act to recede and regrant unto the United States of America 

 the "Yosemite Valley," and the land embracing the "Mari- 

 posa Big Tree Grove." 



(Approved March 3, 1905.) 



The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and 

 Assembly, do enact as follows: 



Section i. The State of California does hereby recede and 

 regrant unto the United States of America the "Cleft" or 

 "Gorge" in the granite peak of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, 

 situated in the county of Mariposa, State of California, and the 

 head-waters of the Merced River, and known as the Yosemite 

 Valley, with its branches or spurs, granted unto the State of 

 California in trust for public use, resort, and recreation by the 

 act 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 30, 1864 ; and 

 the State of California does hereby relinquish unto the United 

 States of America and resign the trusts created and granted by 

 the said act of Congress. 



Sec. 2. The State of California does hereby recede and re- 

 grant unto the United States of America the tracts embracing 

 what is known as the "Mariposa Big Tree Grove," granted unto 

 the State of California in trust for public use, resort and recrea- 



