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[76 Stat. 539]
PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1962
[76 Stat. 539]

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PUBLIC LAW 87-657-SEPT. 13, 1962

intersection* of this property line with an unimproved road as shown on said boundary m a p; Thence southerly along existing property lines that roughly follow said unimproved road to its intersection with Drakes Summit Road and to a point on the north right-of-way of Drakes Summit Road; Thence easterly approximately 1^00 feet along the north right-ofway of said Drakes Summit Road to a point which is a property line corner at the intersection with an unimproved road to the south; Thence southerly and easterly and then northerly, as shown approximately on said boundary map, along existing property lines to a point on the south right-of-way of the Bear Valley Road, approximately 1,500 feet southeast of its intersection with Sir Francis Drake Boulevard; Thence easterly and southerly along said south right-of-way of Bear Valley Road to a point on a property line approximately 1,000 feet west of the intersection of Bear Valley Road and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in the village of Olema; Thence south approximately 1,700 feet to the northwest corner of property now owned by Helen U. and Mary S. Shafter; Thence southwest and southeast along the west boundary of said Shafter property to the southwest corner of said Shafter property; Thence approximately south 30 degrees east on a course approximately 1,700 feet to a point; Thence approximately south 10 degrees east on a course to the centerline of Olema Creek; Thence generally southeasterly up the centerline of Olema Creek to a point on the west right-of-way line of State Route Numbered 1; Thence southeasterly along westerly right-of-way line to State Highway Numbered 1 to a point where a prolongation of the boundary line common to Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante) and Rancho Las Baulines would intersect right-of-way line of State Highway Numbered 1; Thence southwesterly to and along said south boundary line of Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante) approximately 2,900 feet to a property corner; Thence approximately south 38 degrees east approximately 1,500 feet to the centerline of Pine Gulch Creek; Thence down the centerline of Pine Gulch Creek approximately 400 feet to the intersection with a side creek flowing from the west; Thence up said side creek to its intersection with said south boundary line of Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante); Thence southwest along said south boundary line of Rancho Punta de los Reyes to the point of beginning, containing approximately 53,000 acres. Notwithstanding the foregoing description^ the Secretary is authorized to include within the Point Reyes National Seashore the entire tract of land owned by the Vedanta Society of Northern California west of the centerline of Olema Creek, in order to avoid a severance of said tract. (b) The area referred to in subsection (a) shall include also a rightof-way, to be selected by the Secretary, of not more than 400 feet in width to the aforesaid tract from the intersection of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Haggerty Gulch. SEC. 3. (a) Except as provided in section 4, the Secretary is authorized to acquire, and it is the intent of Congress that he shall acquire as rapidly as appropriated funds become available for this purpose or as such acquisition can be accomplished by donation or with donated funds or by transfer, exchange, or otherwise the lands, waters, and other property, and improvements thereon and any interest therein, within the areas described in section 2 of this Act or which lie within

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