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[76 Stat. 747]
PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1962
[76 Stat. 747]

76

STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 87-750-OCT. 5, 1962

747

entitled "Land Ownership Cruz Bay Creek" depicting the boundary adjustment affected by the said order of designation to point A, the point of beginning. The area described contains approximately 4,100 acres. SOUTH OFFSHORE AREA

Beginning at the hereinafter lettered point L, a concrete bound post on the shore of Drunk Bay marking a northeasterly corner in the Virgin Islands National Park boundary as shown on the said drawing numbered NP-VI-7000, being also the northeasterly corner of parcel numbered 1, estate Concordia (A), as delineated on the Leo R. Sibilly, civil engineer, drawing file numbered C9-13-T55. From the initial point L, distances in nautical miles, alon^ direct courses between the hereinafter lettered points at geographic positions (latitudes north, longitudes west): Eastward approximately 0.32 mile to point M, latitude 18 degrees 18 minutes 48 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 41 minutes f 50 seconds in Sabbat Channel; 0.88 mile to point N, latitude 18 degrees 17 minutes 55 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 41 minutes 50 seconds in the Caribbean Sea; 0.40 niile to point O, latitude 18 degrees 17 minutes 5f5 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 42 minutes 15 seconds in the Caribbean Sea; 1.88 miles to point P, latitude 18 degrees 18 minutes 48 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 44 minutes 00 seconds in the Caribbean Sea; 1.74 miles to point Q, latitude 18 degrees 18 minutes 48 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds in the Caribbean Sea; 0.45 mile to point R, latitude 18 degrees 19 minutes 15 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 45 minutes 60 seconds in Fish Bay; ^ Eastward approximately 0.08 mile to point S on the shore of Fish Bay, a corner in the present Virgin Islands National Park, as delineated on said drawing numbered NP-VI-7009, being the northwesterly corner of parcel numbered 2 estate Fish Bay, numbered 8 Reef Bay Quarter, and the terminus of the delineated course "south 78 degrees 52 minutes west distance I 1,178.9 feet" as depicted on the Leo R. Sibilly, civil engineer, drawing file numbered G9-385-T56. Thence running generally eastward along the present southerly park boundary as it follows the southerly shore of the island of Saint John as depicted on the said drawing numbered N P - VI 7000 to point L, the point of beginning.,. The area described contains approximately 1,550 acres. Lands, submerged lands, and waters added to the Virgin Islands National Park pursuant to this Act shall be subject to administration by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (89 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1-4), as amended and supplemented. SEC. 2. Within the boundaries of Virgin Islands National Park as Acquisition of established and adjusted pursuant to the Act of August 2, 1956 (70 i«"'**' '*^'^' Stat. 940), and as revised by this Act, the Secretary of the Interior ^ le use 398, is authorized to acquire lands, waters, and interests therein by pur- 398 a. chase, exchange or donation or with donated funds. ^ SEC. S. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as- authorizing any limitation on customary uses of or access to the areas specified in section 1 for bathing and fishing (inbludin^ setting out of fishpots and landing boats), subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior naay find reasonable and necessary for protection of natural conditions and prevention of damage to marine life and formations.