An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain property in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo., and for other purposes.
PL 87-146 (H.R.2203), enacted 08/17/1961

76 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-U6-AUG. 17, 1961 
383 
Public Law 87-146 
AN ACT 
August 17, 1961 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain property in 
[H. R. 2203] 
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
Rocky Mountain 
of the Interior is authorized to exchange in the manner and to the colo. °" 
*' ' 
extent hereinafter provided land, interests in land, and improvements 
in Rocky Mountain National Park: 
(1) The Secretary may convey to the Colorado Transportation 
Company the possessory interest which the United States has in the 
Fall River Pass Building, but not the land upon which the building is 
situated, adjacent to the Trail Ridge Road in section 36, township 6 
north, range 75 west: Provided, The United States shall reserve for 
a period of two years the right to use without charge the alpine ex-
hibit room; and he may also convey to said company all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the property known as 
Grand Lake Lodge, described in section 3 hereof as parcel A, includ-
ing the land and any improvements thereon owned by the United 
States; 
(2) In exchange for the foregoing, the Secretary is authorized to 
accept from the Colorado Transportation Company the land and in-
terests therein located in Rocky Mountain National Park, described in 
section 3 as parcels C and D, together with such other privately owned 
land and interests in land within the park as he may designate; 
(3) In exchange for the Government property conveyed pursuant 
to this Act the United States shall receive other property of approxi-
mately equal value and such differences as there may be in values 
shall be equalized by a payment of funds: Provided, That all pro-
cedures and rights authorized in this Act shall be in conformity with 
that agreement entered into under date of February Y, 1961, by and 
between the United States of America and the Colorado Transporta-
tion Company. 
SEC. 2. Upon consummation of the exchange the Secretary shall, ^Publicationin 
by publishing notice in the Federal Register, revise the boundary of 
Rocky Mountain National Park so as to exclude from the park the 
land described in section 3 as combined parcels A and B. 
SEC. 3. The aforesaid parcels A, C, and D, and the combined parcels 
A and B are, subject to minor revisions or corrections of a technical 
nature, more particularly described as follows: 
PARCEL A 
Beginning at the southeast corner of section 31, township 4 north, 
range 75 west of the sixth principal meridian; thence north 800.0 
feet along the east line of said section 31; thence west 1,000.0 feet; 
thence south 134.06 feet; thence west 329.75 feet; thence south 
166.94 feet; thence west 1,078.60 feet; thence south 497.82 feet, more 
or less, to the south line of said section 31; thence east along the south 
line of said section 31 to the point of beginning, containing 35 acres 
more or less. 
PARCEL c 
Beginning at a point on the west line of section 32, township 4 north, 
range 75 west of the sixth principal meridian, 800 feet north of the 
southwest corner of said section 32; thence east 660.0 feet; thence 
north 520.0 feet; thence east 660.0 feet; thence north 1,325.94 feet; 
thence west to the west line of said section 32; thence south along said 
384 
PUBLIC LAW 87-147-AUG. 17, 1961 
[75 S T A T . 
west line of said section 32 to the point of beginning, containing 48 
acres, more or less. 
PARCEL D 
Beginning at a point 800.0 feet north and 660.0 feet east of the south-
west corner of section 32, township 4 north, range 75 west of the sixth 
principal meridian; thence east 1,962.18 feet; thence north 520.0 feet: 
thence west 1,962.18 feet; thence south 520.0 feet to the point oi 
beginning, containing 23.5 acres, more or less. 
COMBINED PARCELS A AND B 
Beginning at the corner common to sections 31 and 32, township 4 
north, range 75 west, and sections 5 and 6, township 3 north, range 75 
west, sixth principal meridian; thence south 88 degrees 55 minutes 
east, 660.0 feet along the south section line of said section 32; thence 
north 800.0 feet; thence west 660.0 feet, more or less, to a point on the 
section line common to said sections 31 and 32; thence continuing west 
1,000.0 feet; thence south 134.06 feet; thence west 329.75 feet; thence 
south 166.94 feet; thence west 1,078.6 feet; thence south 497.82 feet, 
more or less, to a point on the south section line of said section 31; 
thence south 89 degrees 24 minutes east^ 2,389.47 feet along the south 
section line of said section 31 to the point of beginning; the tract as 
described containing approximately 47 acres. 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
August 17, 1961 
[H. R. 2925] 
Public Law 87-147 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of March 8, 1922, as amended, pertaining to isolated tracts, to 
extend its provisions to public sales. 
Alaska. 
P u b 1 i 
sale s. 
land 
42 Stat. 416. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Atnerica in Congress assembled, That the Act of 
March 8, 1922 (42 Stat. 415; 48 U.S.C. 376, 377), as amended, is 
liereby further amended by adding a new section thereto reading as 
follows: 
"SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior may sell under the provisions 
of section 2455 of the Revised Statutes (43 U.S.C. 1171), as amended, 
lands in Alaska known to contain workable coal, oil, or gas deposits, 
or that may be valuable for the coal, oil, or gas contained therein, and 
which are otherwise subject to sale under said section 2455, as amended, 
upon the condition that the patent issued to the purchaser thereof 
shall contain the reservation required by section 2 of this Act." 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
Public Law 87-148 
August 17, 1961 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 5518] 
To revise the boundaries of the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site in. North 
Carolina, and for other purposes. 
Fort Raleigh Na-
tional 
H i s t o r i c 
Site, N. C. 
Boundaries. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to 
preserve, as a part of the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, lands 
historically associated with the attempt to establish an English colony 
on Roanoke Island, the boundaries of such site are hereby revised to 
include the following described lands: