Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§224 Entries Under Land Laws; Toll Road
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XXIV — GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK › § 224
Summary
No change affects any valid U.S. land claim, location, or entry made before February 26, 1919 — including homestead, mineral, right-of-way, or other uses — and people with those claims keep full use of their land. Coconino County, Arizona keeps the right to charge livestock tolls on the Bright Angel Toll Road and Trail, and the Secretary of the Interior may negotiate to buy the road, trail, and rights.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §224
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Nothing herein contained shall affect any valid claim, location, or entry existing under the land laws of the United States, prior to February 26, 1919, whether for homestead, mineral, right-of-way, or any other purpose whatsoever, or shall affect the rights of any such claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land and nothing herein contained shall affect, diminish, or impair the right and authority of the county of Coconino, in the State of Arizona, to levy and collect tolls for the passage of livestock over and upon the Bright Angel Toll Road and Trail, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate with the said county of Coconino for the purchase of said Bright Angel Toll Road and Trail and all rights therein.
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Herein, referred to in text, means act Feb. 26, 1919, which is classified to section 221, 222 to 228, and 687 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification The words “prior to February 26, 1919,” were in the original “existing”, and refer to the date of enactment of act Feb. 26, 1919. A provision of the original text requiring a report to Congress as to terms upon which the toll road and trail mentioned herein might be purchased was omitted as historically obsolete.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 224
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102