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9 Committee Note:
10 The Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
11 recommended this bill.
12 Legislative Vote: 10 voting for 0 voting against 9 absent
13 General Description:
14 This concurrent resolution creates the Old Iron Town State Monument.
15 Highlighted Provisions:
16 This resolution:
17 ▸ outlines the general process for proposing the creation of the Old Iron Town State
18 Monument;
19 ▸ includes reasons for creating the Old Iron Town State Monument; and
20 ▸ approves the creation of the Old Iron Town State Monument.
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24 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
25 WHEREAS, Utah Code Title 79, Chapter 4, Part 12, State Monuments Act, provides a
26 process for the creation of a state monument proposed by the Division of Parks and Recreation
27 within the Department of Natural Resources;
28 WHEREAS, the Division of Parks and Recreation proposed the creation of the Old Iron
29 Town State Monument to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim
30 Committee;
31 WHEREAS, the Division of Parks and Recreation found that:
32 (1) the property of the Old Iron Town is already owned and managed by the Division
33 of Parks and Recreation;
34 (2) Old Iron Town is symbolic of early Utah leadership's efforts to remain independent
35 of the United States by developing industrial centers after the transcontinental railroad
36 connected the country from coast to coast;
37 (3) Old Iron Town was a thriving company community from 1868 to 1876, with
38 several hundred residents, a school, a boarding house, a general store, and a post office, in
39 addition to the iconic conical charcoal kilns, foundry, and iron works; and
40 (4) Old Iron Town operations supplied ore to the region for industrial and community
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42 WHEREAS, the Iron County Commission by resolution expressed support for the
43 creation of the Old Iron Town State Monument; and
44 WHEREAS, the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
45 recommends to the Legislature the creation of the Old Iron Town State Monument:
46 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
47 Governor concurring therein, approves the creation of the Old Iron Town State Monument
48 consisting of structures and land located in Township 37 South, Range 14 West, Section 8, and
49 described by a map and legal description on file with the Division of Parks and Recreation.
50 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Old Iron Town State Monument is to be
51 managed in accordance with Utah Code Title 79, Chapter 4, Part 12, State Monuments Act.
52 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be delivered to the
53 Division of Parks and Recreation.