[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4073 Engrossed in House (EH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4073
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AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim,
disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and
adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado,
originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company
pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1875.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ACCEPTANCE OF RELINQUISHMENT OF RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY BY
MANITOU AND PIKES PEAK RAILWAY COMPANY, COLORADO, OVER
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.
(a) Authority To Accept.--Notwithstanding the Act of March 8, 1922
(43 U.S.C. 912), the Secretary of Agriculture may accept the quitclaim,
disclaimer, and relinquishment by the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway
Company, successor in interest to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline
Railway Company, of a right of way, more fully described in subsection
(b), within and adjacent to Pike National Forest that was originally
granted by the Secretary to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway
Company pursuant to the authority provided by the Act of March 3, 1875
(Chapter 152; 18 Stat. 482) for the construction of a railroad and
station in El Paso County, Colorado.
(b) Right of Way Described.--The railroad right of way referred to
in subsection (a) is located in the S\1/2\ of section 6, Township 14
South, Range 67 West, and N\1/2\SE \1/4\ of section 1, Township 14
South, Range 68 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado, and is
depicted in a tracing filed in the United States Land Office at Pueblo,
Colorado, file 019416, on December 24, 1914.
(c) Limited Applicability.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to affect the right, title, and interest of the Manitou and
Pikes Peak Railway Company in land held in fee title by the Manitou and
Pikes Peak Railway Company.
Passed the House of Representatives August 1, 2012.
Attest:
Clerk.
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4073
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim,
disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and
adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado,
originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company
pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1875.