§ 36-1-108 — Pole Mountain district of Medicine Bow national forest; history and relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction by federal government

Wyoming § 36-1-108

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 36: Public Land
• Ch. 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Art. 1: IN GENERAL

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(a) By W.S. 19-7-301, the legislature of the state of
Wyoming ceded exclusive jurisdiction to what was then known as
Fort Francis E. Warren, now referred to as Warren Air Force Base
and at the same time, exclusive jurisdiction was extended to
future additions to such post. The Pole Mountain district of the
Medicine Bow national forest was set aside for military purposes
by Executive Order No. 4245, dated June 5, 1925, as amended by
Public Land Order No. 1897, dated July 10, 1959. Use for
military purposes terminated in accordance with Public Land
Order No. 2446, dated July 20, 1961.
(b) By the act of August 27, 1964 (Public Law 88-494, 78
Stat. 611) the secretary of agriculture was authorized to
relinquish to the state of Wyoming such measure of legislative
jurisdiction as he deemed desirable over such lands. On December
24, 1964, Orville L. Freeman, secretary of the department of
agriculture, United States of America, notified the governor of
the state of Wyoming that the United States relinquishes and
retrocedes to the state of Wyoming any and all legislative
jurisdiction heretofore acquired by the United States over lands
within the Medicine Bow national forest constituting the area
known as the Pole Mountain district, created as above stated, to
take effect upon acceptance of such jurisdiction by the state of
Wyoming.