§ 3-1-131 — Mesa Verde National Park

Colorado § 3-1-131

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 03: United States
• Art.: Property Ceded to United States

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Exclusive jurisdiction shall be and the
same is hereby ceded to the United States over and within all the territory which is
now or may hereafter be included in that tract of land in the state of Colorado set
aside and dedicated for park purposes by the United States, known as Mesa Verde
National Park, 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 tracts, 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; but
jurisdiction shall not vest in the United States now or hereafter over any lands
included within said park until the United States, through its proper officer, notifies
the state of Colorado, through its governor, that the United States assumes police
jurisdiction over the respective tracts involved.

Legislative History

Source: L. 27: p. 481, � 1. CSA: C. 168, � 34. CRS 53: � 142-1-34. C.R.S. 1963: � 143-1-34.