16 U.S.C. § 21 : US Code - Section 21: Establishment; boundaries; trespassers
Search 16 U.S.C. § 21 : US Code - Section 21: Establishment; boundaries; trespassers
The tract of land in the States of Montana and Wyoming, lying
near the headwaters of the Yellowstone River and described as
follows, to wit, commencing at the junction of Gardiner's River,
with the Yellowstone River, and running east to the meridian
passing ten miles to the eastward of the most eastern point of
Yellowstone Lake; thence south along said meridian to the parallel
of latitude passing ten miles south of the most southern point of
Yellowstone Lake; thence west along said parallel to the meridian
passing fifteen miles west of the most western point of Madison
Lake; thence north along said meridian to the latitude of the
junction of the Yellowstone and Gardiner's Rivers; thence east to
the place of beginning, is reserved and withdrawn from settlement,
occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and
dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for
the benefit and enjoyment of the people; and all persons who
locate, or settle upon, or occupy any part of the land thus set
apart as a public park, except as provided in section 22 of this
title, shall be considered trespassers and removed therefrom.
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