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PUBLIC LAW 86-000—MMMM. DD, 1960
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PUBLIC LAW 86-444-APR. 29, 1960

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Public Law 86-444 AN ACT

^p,il 29, 1960

To revise the boundaries and change the name of the Fort Laramie National ^. ^ ^ l i l i L J j Monument, Wyoming, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Fort United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to tional Laramie NaMonument, preserve the sites of historic buildings and roads associated with Fort wyo Laramie, the boundaries of the Fort Laramie National Monument are hereby revised to include the following area: Beginning at the intersection of the section line common to sections 28 and 29, township 26 north, range 64 west, sixth principal meridian, with the northerly right-of-way line of the Fort Laramie Canal; Thence southwesterly along said right-of-way line to the intersection of said line with the center of Deer Creek; Thence northerly along the center of Deer Creek to the intersection of said center with the north line of the southeast quarter, section 29; Thence westerly along said line to a point 1,100 feet east of the southwest corner of the northeast quarter, section 29; Thence due north 1,320 feet to the point of intersection with the north line of the southwest quarter northeast quarter, section 29; Thence westerly along said north line to a point at the intersection of said line with the easterly right-of-way line of the county road; Thence northerly and easterly along said right-of-way line to a point 955 feet east of the section line common to sections 20 and 21; Thence due south to the point of intersection with the section line common to sections 21 and 28; Thence easterly along said section line to a point 2,090 feet east of the section corner common to sections 20,21,28, and 29; Thence due south to the point of intersection with the northerly bank of Laramie River; Thence easterly along said northerly bank to a point 150 feet west of the westerly right-of-way line of the county road, in section 27; Thence northerly on a line paralleling at 150 feet said right-of-way line of county road to a point 660 feet north of section line common to sections 22 and 27; Thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point on the southerly right-of-way line of the State highway relocation a distance of 150 feet east of the section line common to sections 21 and 22; Thence northeasterly along said right-of-way line to the point of intersection with the lot line common to lots 1 and 2, section 22; Thence southerly along said lot line to a point at the intersection of said line as projected with the westerly or right bank of the North Platte River; Thence southerly along said bank to its confluence with the northerly or left bank of the Laramie River in section 27; Thence westerly along said bank of the Laramie River to the westcrnmost intersection of said bank wath the north line of the south half of section 27; Thence westerly along said line and the north line of the south half of section 28 to the point of intersection with the northerly rightof-way line of the Fort Laramie Canal; Thence westerly along said right-of-way line to the point of beginning. SEC. 2. I n furtherance of the purposes of this Act, the Secretary of la^'s! '="'•"'""* °^ the Interior is authorized to procure, in such manner and subject to such terms and conditions as he may deem to be in the public interest, lands and interests in lands within the revised boundary described in