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Report of the North Carolina Park Commission

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  • NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC LAWS - SESSION 1929 CHAPTER 220 An Act To Amend Chapter 48, Public Laws of North Carolina, Session 1927, Known As "The Great Smoky Mountains Park Act". THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA DO ENACT: SECTION 1. That chapter forty-eight, Public Laws of North Carolina, one thousand nine hundred and twenty- seven, be amended in the following particulars, VIZ: (A) That the boundary limits of the said park be amended and the said Commission authorized to acquire title to the lands referred to in H. R. 16715, Seventieth Congress, Second Session, and in words and figures as follows: That the boundary limits of the tract of land in the Great Smoky Mountains in the States of North Carolina and Tennessee, recommended by the Secretary of the Interior in his report of April 14, 1926, for the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, be, and the same are hereby extended to include lands adjacent to the east boundary as defined in said report to a line approximately as follows: From a point on top of the Balsam Mountains at the boundary of Swain and Haywood Counties just north of Black Camp Gap; thence following east the top of the mountain range to Jonathan Knob and Hemphill Bald; thence along top of ridge through Camp Gap to Bent Knee Knob; thence following the main ridge to Cataloochee Creek to a point on the boundary of the area described in report of the Secretary of the Interior of April 14, 1926; and the lands within said boundary extension, or any part thereof, may be accepted on behalf of the United States in accordance with the provisions of the act of May 22, 1926, for inclusion in the area to be known as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. (B) By striking out section twenty-four of said act and inserting in lieu thereof the following, VIZ: "That the United States of America is authorized to acquire by conveyance made pursuant to this act all the lands hereinabove mentioned and for the purpose set out in the act of Congress above mentioned, and exclusive jurisdiction shall be, and the same is hereby ceded to the United States of America over and within all the territory in the State of North Carolina, thus deeded or conveyed; saving, however, to the State of North Carolina the right to serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the land or lands thus acquired in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed in said State outside of said land or lands, and on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed, on or within said lands, prior to the date of the giving or service of notice as hereinafter provided, of the assumption of police jurisdiction over such land or lands by the United States; and, saving further, to the said State, the right to tax sales of gasoline and other motor vehicle fuels and oil for use in motor vehicles, and to tax persons and corporations, their franchises and properties, on land or lands deeded or conveyed as aforesaid; and saving, also, to persons residing in or on any of the land or lands deeded or conveyed as aforesaid the right to vote at all elections within the county in which said land or lands are located, upon like terms and conditions and to the same extent as they would be entitled to vote in such county had not such lands been deeded or conveyed, as aforesaid, to the United States of America; PROVIDED, NEVERTHELESS, that such jurisdiction shall not vest in the United States of America unless and until it, through the proper officer or officers, notifies the Governor and through him the State of North Carolina, that the United States of America assumes police jurisdiction over the land or lands thus deeded and conveyed." SECTION 2. AlLlawsjCpnflicting herewith are hereby repealed. pyrigie a eria Westerii Uaroliiia University Ratified this the 18th day of March, A. D. 1929. Hunter Library 60
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  • This North Carolina Park Commission Report was completed at the close of 1939 and submitted to North Carolina Governor Clyde R. Hoey. The 62-page publication, compiled for the Commission by Albert H. Blake, begins with a letter to the governor reporting that all of the land on the North Carolina side of the park has been purchased and conveyed to the federal government. The report includes an auditor’s report, information about the Rockefeller fund, and a copy of the 1927 law that brought the commission into being. The report includes lists tracts of land, family names, and values paid for purchase. W.W. Neal was chairman of the commission at the time and G.F. Hankins was secretary.