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[72 Stat. 280]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 280]

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PUBLIC LAW 85-482-JULY 2, 1958

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Public Law 85-482 July_2, 1958 . R. 6641]

AN ACT To fix the boundary of Everglades National Park, Morida, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land therein, and to provide for the transfer of certain land not included within said boundary, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ti^^l'p^^kVi*"" United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstandB'oundfry: ^' ing section 1 of the Act of May 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 816, 16 U.S.C., sec 410), or any action taken pursuant to authority contained therein, the exterior boundary of Everglades National Park, Florida, is subject to the provisions of section 7 of this Act, hereby fixed to include the following described lands: (1) Beginning at the intersection of the south right-of-way line of United States Highway Numbered 41, also known as the Tamiami Trail, and the west line of township 54 south, range 37 east, as shown on the Everglades National P a r k base map numbered NP-EVE-7109, revised August 10, 1949; thence southerly along the west line of township 54 south, range 37 east, along the west line of Government lot 6 lying between township 54 south, and township 55 south, range 37 e^st, and along the west line of township 55 south, range 37 east, and township 56 south, range 37 east and along the west lines of sections 6, 7, and 18, township 57 south, range 37 east, to the southwest corner of section 18, said township and range; thence easterly along the north line of sections 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 of said township and range to the northeast corner of section 23; thence southerly along the east line of sections 23, 26, and 35 of said township and range to the southeast corner of said section 35; thence easterly along the south line of section 36, of said township and range, to the southeast corner of said section 36; thence southerly along the east line of sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, and 36, township 58 south, range 37 east, and along the west line of sections 6, 7, and 18, township 59 south, range 38 east, to the northwest corner of section 19, said township and range; thence easterly along the north line of sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 of township 59 south, range 38 east, and sections 19 and 20 of township 59 south, range 39 east, to the southwest right-ofway line of United States Highway Numbered 1; thence southeasterly along the southwest right-of-way line of United States Highway Numbered 1 to a point which is the northerly point of a tract of land conveyed by the trustees of the internal improvement fund. State of Florida, to John E. Ravlin, and others, by deed dated November 5, 1943, recorded in deed book Gl6, page 72, in Monroe County public records; thence following along the westerly and southerly boundary of said tract to its point of intersection with a line parallel with and 200 feet northwesterly from the centerline of Intracoastal Waterway near the southern point of said Ravlin tract; thence southwesterly, following a line parallel to the centerline of said Intracoastal Waterway and 200 feet northwesterly from said centerline to a point due north of Long Key Light, approximately longitude 80 degrees 50 minutes west, latitude 24 degrees 51 minutes north; thence northwesterly, following a line at all times parallel to the centerline of said Intracoastal Waterway and 200 feet northeasterly from said centerline to a point opposite the Oxford Bank