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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



Assembly Joint Resolution No. i, 

 relative to petitioning congress to appropriate one million 

 ($1,000,000) dollars for the improvement of 

 yosemite national park. 



Whereas, The Yosemite Valley and Mariposa grove of big 

 trees were receded and regranted to the United States of America 

 by the Legislature of the State of CaHfornia in 1905 on the repre- 

 sentation and v^ith the understanding that the Yosemite Valley 

 would be cared for by the Federal Government as was the Yel- 

 lowstone Park, and that similar appropriations would be made 

 for the improvement of the Yosemite Park; and 



Whereas, There has in recent years been more than one mil- 

 lion dollars spent on the Yellowstone Park in annual appro- 

 priations of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars each and said 

 park and its road system improved in accordance with a com- 

 prehensive plan ; and 



Whereas, The proximity of the Yosemite Valley to San Fran- 

 cisco was one of the strong reasons urged in favor of holding an 

 exposition in San Francisco in 1915 ; and 



Whereas, Many improvements are required in the Yosemite 

 National Park in order to properly prepare the valley and vicinity 

 to receive the thousands of travelers from all parts of the world 

 who will wish to visit the valley during that year ; therefore, be it 



Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of California, 

 concurring jointly, That our Senators and Representatives in 

 Congress are hereby requested to use all honorable means to 

 secure an appropriation of one million ($1,000,000) dollars ex- 

 tending over a period of four years, two hundred and fifty thou- 

 sand dollars to be appropriated by Congress each year, to be 

 expended in the improvement of the Yosemite National Park, 

 such expenditure to be made in pursuance of some comprehensive 

 plan of development; and be it further 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forthwith trans- 

 mitted by the chief clerk of the Assembly to the President of 

 the Senate of the United States and the Speaker of the House 

 of Representatives of the United States, and a copy hereof to 

 each member of Congress from the State of Cahfornia. 



[At the request of the Sierra Club the foregoing resolution 

 was passed by the State Legislature in December, 191 1. A copy 

 of the following analysis of the situation was sent to each mem- 

 ber of the last State Legislature. Let everyone who has any 

 influence aid in securing this appropriation. — The Editors.] 



