Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 14.04 Jurisdiction Over Cow Mountain Land

The Board of Supervisors of Mendocino County does hereby declare that it does hereby assume jurisdiction over all of the hereinafter described lands which lie within the territorial limits of Mendocino County, pursuant to that certain Act of the Congress of the United States as found in 44 Statutes Part II, page 1359, Chapter 381, Statutes of 1927."

(Ord. No. 255, Sec. 1, adopted 1936.)

The property hereinabove referred to in Section 14.04.010 is described as being all of the following described property that lies within the territorial limits of Mendocino County, to-wit:

Beginning on the west line of the California National Forest at the northeast corner of section 33, township 16 north, range 10 west, Mount Diablo Meridian, and running thence west over two (2) miles to the southeast corner of section 30 in said township; thence south one (1) mile, then west one (1) mile to the township line, thence south about two and one-half miles (2½), thence east through the center of section 7, township 15 north, range 10 west to section 8 of township 15 north, range 10 west; thence south about three (3) miles to the center line running east and west through section 29 of the said township; thence east to the west line of section 28 of said township; thence south one-half (½) mile, thence east one-quarter (¼) mile, thence south one-quarter (¼) mile, thence east one-quarter (¼) mile, thence south one-quarter (¼) mile, thence west one-quarter (¼) mile, thence south one and one-half (1½) miles, thence west one-quarter (¼) mile to the southeast corner of section 5, township 14 north, range 10 west; thence south four and one-half (4½) miles, thence east one (1) mile, thence south one-half (½) mile, thence east to the southeast corner of section 34 of said township; thence south to the southeast corner of section 10 in township 13 north, range 10 west; thence west one (1) mile, thence south one-half (½) mile, thence west one (1) mile, thence south one-half (½) mile, thence west two (2) miles, more or less, to the range line between ranges 10 and 11; thence north one (1) mile, thence west one (1) mile, thence north one (1) mile, thence west one (1) mile, thence north one (1) mile, thence west one (1) mile, thence north one (1) mile, thence west one (1) mile, thence north one (1) mile, thence west one (1) mile, thence north one (1) mile, thence west one (1) mile, to the southwest corner of section 29, township 14 north, range 11 west; thence north one and one-half (1½) miles, thence west one-half (½ ) mile, thence north one-half (½) mile, thence west one-half (½) mile to the range line between ranges 11 and 12 west; thence north two (2) miles, thence east two (2) miles, thence north one (1) mile, thence west one-half (½) mile, thence north one-half (½) mile, thence west one-half (½) mile, thence north one-quarter (¼) mile, thence west one (1) mile, thence north three-quarter (¾) mile, thence west one-half (½) mile, thence north one-half (½) mile, thence west one-half (½) mile to the southwest corner of section 24, township 15 north, range 12 west; thence north about four (4) miles to the township line between townships 15 and 16; thence east about one (1) mile to the northwest corner of section 6, township 15 north, range 11 west; thence north about one and one-half (1½) miles to the center of section 30, township 16, north, range 11 west; thence east one-half (½) mile, thence north one-half (½) mile, thence east two (2) miles, thence north about two and one-half (2½) miles to the center line running east and west through section 10, township 16 north, range 11 west; thence east about four (4) miles to the west line of the California National Forest at the east line of section 7, township 16 north, range 10 west; thence following the west boundary of said California National Forest east one (1) mile, more or less, thence south one-half (½) mile, thence east one (1) mile, thence south one (1) mile, thence west one (1) mile, thence south one (1) mile, thence east one (1) mile, and then continuing south on the west line of said California National Forest one (1) mile to the place of beginning.

(Ord. No. 255, Sec. 8, adopted 1936.)

Permission is hereby given to all persons to hunt, fish, camp, walk and ride upon said lands or any part thereof, subject to the laws of the United States of America and to the laws of the State of California.

(Ord. No. 255, Sec. 2, adopted 1936.)

All persons camping within said area shall maintain said camp or camps in a clean and sanitary manner and shall, upon removing therefrom, leave said camp or camps in a similar condition and shall not leave said camp littered with papers, cans or other trash. No water thereon shall be polluted; and all springs of water, where the water is used by persons within said area, shall be by such persons maintained and left in a clean and sanitary condition.

(Ord. No. 255, Sec. 3, adopted 1936.)

No person shall have or shall exercise any exclusive privilege for hunting, fishing or camping anywhere upon said territory.

(Ord. No. 255, Sec. 4, adopted 1936.)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to permit any sheep, goats, hogs, cattle or horses, owned by them or under their control or in their possession to run at large upon or be herded upon any part or portion of said lands.

(Ord. No. 255, Sec. 5, adopted 1936.)

It is hereby provided that the provisions of Section 14.04.060 hereof shall not apply to owners or lessees of land situate within, or abutting upon, said lands.

(Ord. No. 255, Sec. 6, adopted 1936.)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months in the County Jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 255, Sec. 7, adopted 1936.)