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Show Zion National Park Takes In Three Acres Zion National Park, Utah, March 27. Notice has just been received by the Superintendent, Zion Naticnal Park, that the Department of the Intericr has accepted, on behalf of the Govern-n-r-n, the donation of 3 32 acres of jland to the park by the Board cf County Commissioners cf Washing- ten County, Utah, and the relinquish-Iment relinquish-Iment of jurisdiction over the same I by the Utah State Road Commission, j The land represents a strip G6 feet i wide and 0.4 of a mile long which was .' owned by the county as a right-of-way I for the approach highway to the I south entrance. The roadway traverses tra-verses lands which are privately 07.T-i ,cd, in Sec. 22, Twp. 41 S., Rangs 10 ', W.. within the park boundries. i Plans are now under way for the Requisition of all privately owned , lands in the National Parks by the . Government, and the park of f iciab j j had asked that this property be deecbd j to the Government as the first step , ir. clearing up the situaion in Zion . Park, since the land was needed for entrance station developments. There yet remains 585 acres of privately owned own-ed lands within the park boundries. |