An Act To provide for the addition or
additions of certain lands to the Effigy Mounds National Monument in the
State of Iowa, and for other purposes, approved May 27, 1961 (75 Stat.
88)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That, for the purposes of preserving certain important
prehistoric Indian mounds and protecting existing wildlife and other
natural values, the following described lands, consisting of
approximately 272 acres, are hereby added to the Effigy Mounds National
Monument in the State of Iowa:
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Effigy Mounds
National
Monument, Iowa.
Lands.
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TRACT A
Township 94 north, range 3 west, fifth principal
meridian, Clayton County, Iowa: the portion of the southeast quarter
southeast quarter of section 22 that lies between the easterly
right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul, and Pacific
Railroad and the section line common to sections 22 and 23; those
portions of lot 1 (except the northerly 900 feet thereof), lot 2, and
lot 3 that lie easterly of the easterly right-of-way line of said rail
road, the unnumbered lot adjacent to lot 3; and the former meandered
river channel between said lot 3 and said unnumbered lot, all in section
23; containing in all 138 acres more or less.
TRACT B
Township 96 north, range 3 west, fifth principal
meridian, Allamakee County, Iowa: Southwest quarter south east quarter
of section 33, containing 40 acres more or less.
TRACT C
Township 96 north, range 3 west, fifth principal
meridian, Allamakee County, Iowa: South half northeast quarter and
south half northeast quarter northeast quarter of section 33, excepting
the right-of-way of Iowa State Highway Numbered 13; containing 93.7
acres more or less.
SEC. 2. The lands under the administrative control
and jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service within
tract A are included in the monument subject to such terms and
conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary and
desirable in order to facilitate and control public access to the
adjacent lands of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge,
and subject to the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to return
them to the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
when they are no longer required for purposes of the monument. The lands
under the administrative control and jurisdiction of the Corps of
Engineers United States Army, within tract A are included in the
monument subject to the right of the Corps of Engineers to retain
adequate flowage and navigation rights thereon to facilitate the
operation and maintenance of lock and dam numbered 10, Upper
Mississippi River, or the construction, operation, and maintenance of
any dam affecting this location.
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby
authorized to acquire the lands designated tract C by purchase or
through donations.
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