16 U.S.C. § 198 : US Code - Section 198: Exclusive jurisdiction; assumption by United States; saving provisions

Search 16 U.S.C. § 198 : US Code - Section 198: Exclusive jurisdiction; assumption by United States; saving provisions

The provisions of the act of the Legislature of the State of
Colorado, approved February 19, 1929, ceding to the United States
exclusive jurisdiction over the territory embraced and included
within the Rocky Mountain National Park, are accepted, and sole and
exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States over such
territory, saving, however, to the State of Colorado the right to
serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid
park in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired,
obligations incurred, or crimes committed outside of said park; and
saving further to the said State the right to tax persons and
corporations, their franchises and property on the lands included
in said tract; and saving also to the persons residing in said park
now or hereafter the right to vote at all elections held within the
county or counties in which said tracts are situated; and saving to
all persons residing within said park upon lands now privately
owned within said park access to and from such lands, and all
rights and privileges as citizens of the State of Colorado; and
saving to the people of Colorado all vested, appropriated, and
existing water rights and rights-of-way connected therewith,
including all existing irrigation conduits and ditches. All the
laws applicable to places under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction
of the United States shall have force and effect in said park. All
fugitives from justice taking refuge in said park shall be subject
to the same laws as refugees from justice found in the State of
Colorado.