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[72 Stat. 284]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 284]

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PUBLIC LAW 85-482-JULY 2, 1958

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(3) Not to exceed 35 acres, to be acquired by donation only, in or in the vicinity of Everglades City, Florida, which the Secretary of the Interior may find necessary and suitable for furthering administration and use of the park. Administration. Land and water now in Federal ownership within said boundary shall continue to be administered as Everglades National P a r k; however, the land and water therein not in Federal ownership shall be administered as a part of the park only after being acquired as hereinafter provided, land^ w ^ V*^°c °^

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^^^' '^^^^ authority of the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land and water for Everglades National Park shall hereafter be restricted to the area within the boundary described in section 1. Notwithstanding the proviso contained in section 1 of the Act of May 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 816, 16 U.S.C. sec. 410), or any other provision of law, the said Secretary is hereafter authorized, within the boundary fixed in this Act and with any funds made available for that purpose, to acquire land, water, and interests therein by purchase or otherwise ov^°r'^^ «"* °^ subject to the proviso that no parcel within the following described area shall be acquired without the consent of its owner so long as it is used exclusively for agricultural purposes, including housing, directly incident thereto, or is lying fallow or remains in its natural state: Beginning at the southwest corner of section 31, township 58 south, range 37 east; thence southerly along the west line of sections 6 and 7, township 59 south, range 37 east, to the southeast corner of section 24, township 59 south, range 36 east; thence westerly along the south lines of sections 24, 23, 22, 21, and 20, township 59 south, range 36 east, to the southwest corner of said section 20; thence northerly along the west lines of sections 20, 17, 8, and 5, township 59 south, range 36 east, to the northwest corner of said section 5; thence to the southwest corner of section 33, township 58 south, range 36 east; thence northerly along the west lines of sections 33 and 28, township 58 south, range 36 east, to the northwest corner of said section 28; thence easterly along the north lines of sections 28, 27, 26, and 25, township 58 south, range 36 east, to the northeast corner of said section 25; thence southerly along the east line of section 25, township 58 south, range 36 east, to the point of intersection of the east line of said section 25 and the north line of section 18, township 58 south, range 37 east, extended westerly along the hiatus; thence easterly across the hiatus to the northwest corner of section 18, township 58 south, range 37 east; thence easterly along the north lines of sections 18, 17, and 16, township 58 south, range 37 east, to the northeast corner of said section 16; thence southerly to the northeast corner of section 21, township 58 south, range 37 east; thence westerly along the north lines of sections 21 and 20, township 58 south, range 37 east, to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of said section 20; thence southerly along the west line of the cast half of section 20, township 58 south, range 37 east, to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of said section 20;