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Show 168 as its criterion, the Board may dispose of state lands by sale or lease. Therefore, the Board had original control over the lands below the 1855 meander line around the Lake and the surface of the Lake. While this control would give the Board primary leadership in developing and encouraging remaining state lands for recreation, the Legislature encouraged the Board to delegate this responsibility to other state agencies: The board, with the approval of the executive director of natural resources, the governor and board of examiners, may set apart for public park or recreational use any part of the lands claimed by state as the beds of lakes and streams and may delegate the duty and authority to manage the surface of lands so set apart to the division of parks and recreation, the division of fish and game or other appropriate state agency. •*- Thus, the south shore area, below the meander line would qualify in this statement. Present Ownership and Leases The Enabling Act, under which Utah entered the United States awarded Utah the navigable streams and lakes as they were on the date of statehood, January 4, 1896, when the Lake elevation was 4201 feet above sea level. Based on elevation, the State has claimed ownership of the bed of the Lake variously from this elevation and from a later surveyed meander line when the water was higher, ( approximate elevation 4205) downward. Black Rock and Frische Island on Sunset Beach are privately owned although they lie below the meander line. Several right- of- ways extend through the area with Interstate 80 being the most significant. All of Utah Code Annotated 1953, 65- 1- 14. |