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[CITE: 16USC410i]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                SUBCHAPTER LIV--EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 410i. Exterior boundaries; administration

    Notwithstanding section 410 of this title, or any action taken 
pursuant to authority contained therein, the exterior boundary of 
Everglades National Park, Florida, is subject to the provisions of 
section 410o of this title, 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 Park 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 east, 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 section 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-of-
    way 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 G16, 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 Light, approximately longitude 81 degrees 00 minutes 40 seconds 
    west, latitude 24 degrees 59 minutes 10 seconds north;
        thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point 3 miles due 
    south of the most southernmost point of East Cape (Cape Sable);
        thence due north in a straight line to a point 2 miles due south 
    of the most southernmost point of East Cape (Cape Sable);
        thence northwesterly in the Gulf of Mexico in a straight line to 
    a point 2 miles due west of the southeast corner of fractional 
    section 31 (Middle Cape), township 60 south, range 32 east;
        thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point 2 miles due 
    west of the most westernmost point of Northwest Cape (Cape Sable);
        thence northeasterly in a straight line to a point 2 miles due 
    west of the northwest corner of fractional section 6, township 59 
    south, range 32 east;
        thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point 2 miles due 
    west of the southwest corner of section 6, township 58 south, range 
    32 east;
        thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point 2 miles due 
    west of the northwest corner of fractional section 28, township 56 
    south, range 31 east;
        thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point 3 miles due 
    west of the southwest corner of fractional section 32, township 54 
    south, range 30 east;
        thence northwesterly in a straight line to the southwest corner 
    of section 28, township 53 south, range 28 east;
        thence northerly along the west line of section 28, township 53 
    south, range 28 east, to the northwest corner of said section 28;
        thence easterly along the north line of section 28, township 53 
    south, range 28 east, to the northeast corner of said section 28;
        thence northerly along the west line of section 22, township 53 
    south, range 28 east, to the northwest corner of said section 22;
        thence easterly along the north line of section 22, township 53 
    south, range 28 east, to the northeast corner of said section 22;
        thence northerly along the west line of section 14, township 53 
    south, range 28 east, to the northwest corner of said section 14;
        thence easterly along the north line of section 14, township 53 
    south, range 28 east, to the northeast corner of said section 14;
        thence northerly along the west line of section 12, township 53 
    south, range 28 east, to the northwest corner of said section 12;
        thence easterly along the north line of section 12, township 53 
    south, range 28 east, to the northeast corner of said section 12;
        thence northerly along the west line of section 6, township 53 
    south, range 29 east, to the northwest corner of said section 6;
        thence easterly along the north line of township 53 south, range 
    29 east, to the northeast corner of section 4, township 53 south, 
    range 29 east;
        thence southerly along the east lines of sections 4, 9, 16, and 
    21, township 53 south, range 29 east, to the southeast corner of the 
    northeast quarter of said section 21;
        thence easterly to the center of section 22, township 53 south, 
    range 29 east;
        thence southerly to the southeast corner of the southwest 
    quarter of section 22, township 53 south, range 29 east;
        thence easterly along the south line of section 22, township 53 
    south, range 29 east, to the southeast corner of said section 22;
        thence southerly along the west line of section 26, township 53 
    south, range 29 east, to the southwest corner of the northwest 
    quarter of said section 26;
        thence easterly to the center of section 26, township 53 south, 
    range 29 east;
        thence southerly to the northwest corner of the southwest 
    quarter of the southeast quarter of section 26, township 53 south, 
    range 29 east;
        thence easterly to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter 
    of the southeast quarter of section 26, township 53 south, range 29 
    east;
        thence southerly along the east line of section 26, township 53 
    south, range 29 east, to the southeast corner of said section 26;
        thence easterly along the north line of section 36, township 53 
    south, range 29 east, to the northeast corner of the northwest 
    quarter of said section 36;
        thence southerly to the southwest corner of the northwest 
    quarter of the southeast quarter of section 36, township 53 south, 
    range 29 east;
        thence easterly to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter 
    of the southeast quarter of section 36, township 53 south, range 29 
    east;
        thence continuing easterly to the southeast corner of the 
    northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 31, township 
    53 south, range 30 east;
        thence northerly to the northeast corner of the northwest 
    quarter of the northwest quarter of section 31, township 53 south, 
    range 30 east;
        thence continuing northerly to the northeast corner of the 
    southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 30, township 
    53 south, range 30 east;
        thence westerly to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter 
    of the southeast quarter of section 25, township 53 south, range 29 
    east;
        thence northerly along the east lines of sections 25, 24, and 
    13, township 53 south, range 29 east, to the northeast corner of 
    said section 13;
        thence easterly along the north lines of sections 18, 17, 16, 
    15, 14, and 13, to the northeast corner of section 13, township 53 
    south, range 30 east;
        thence southerly along the east lines of sections 13, 24, 25, 
    and 36 to the southeast corner section 36, township 53 south, range 
    30 east;
        thence easterly along the north lines of sections 6, 5, and 4 to 
    the northeast corner of section 4, township 54 south, range 31 east;
        thence southerly along the east line of section 4 to the 
    southeast corner of section 4, township 54 south, range 31 east;
        thence easterly along the north line of section 10 to the 
    northeast corner of section 10, township 54 south, range 31 east;
        thence southerly along the east line of section 10 to the 
    southeast corner of section 10, township 54 south, range 31 east;
        thence easterly along the north line of section 14 to the 
    northeast corner of section 14, township 54 south, range 31 east;
        thence southerly along the east line of section 14 to the 
    southeast corner of section 14, township 54 south, range 31 east;
        thence easterly along the north line of section 24 to the 
    northeast corner of section 24, township 54 south, range 31 east;
        thence southerly along the east lines of sections 24 and 25 to 
    the southeast corner of section 25, township 54 south, range 31 
    east;
        thence easterly along the north lines of sections 31, 32, and 33 
    to the northeast corner of section 33, township 54 south, range 32 
    east;
        thence southerly along the east line of section 33 to the 
    southeast corner of section 33, township 54 south, range 32 east;
        thence easterly along the north line of section 3, to the 
    northeast corner of section 3, township 55 south, range 32 east;
        thence southerly along the east lines of sections 3 and 10, to 
    the southeast corner of section 10, township 55 south, range 32 
    east;
        thence easterly along the north line of section 14, to the 
    northeast corner of section 14, township 55 south, range 32 east;
        thence southerly along the east line of section 14, to the 
    southeast corner of section 14, township 55 south, range 32 east;
        thence easterly along the north line of section 24, to the 
    northeast corner of section 24, township 55 south, range 32 east;
        thence southerly along the east lines of sections 24 and 25 to 
    the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section 25, 
    township 55 south, range 32 east;
        thence easterly along the north line of the south half of 
    section 30 to the northeast corner of the south half of section 30, 
    township 55 south, range 33 east;
        thence southerly along the east lines of sections 30 and 31 to 
    the southeast corner of section 31, township 55 south, range 33 
    east;
        thence southerly along the east line of section 6, to the 
    southeast corner of section 6, township 56 south, range 33 east;
        thence easterly along the north lines of sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 
    and 12, to the northeast corner of section 12, township 56 south, 
    range 33 east;
        thence easterly along the north lines of sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 
    11, and 12, to the northeast corner of section 12, township 56 
    south, range 34 east;
        thence easterly along the north line of section 7 to the 
    northeast corner of section 7, township 56 south, range 35 east;
        thence northerly along the west line of section 5 to the 
    northwest corner of section 5, township 56 south, range 35 east;
        thence northerly along the west lines of sections 32, 29, 20, 
    17, 8, and 5 to the northwest corner of section 5, township 55 
    south, range 35 east;
        thence northerly along the west lines of sections 32, 29, and 20 
    to the intersection of the south right-of-way line of the Loop Road, 
    township 54 south, range 35 east;
        thence easterly along the south right-of-way line of the Loop 
    Road and the south right-of-way line of United States Highway 
    Numbered 41, also known as the Tamiami Trail, through sections 20, 
    21, 22, 23, and 24, township 54 south, range 35 east, to the 
    intersection of the east township line, township 54 south, range 35 
    east;
        thence easterly along the south right-of-way line of United 
    States Highway Numbered 41, also known as the Tamiami Trail, through 
    sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24, township 54 south, range 36 
    east, to the east township line of township 54 south, range 36 east;
        thence easterly along the south right-of-way line of United 
    States Highway Numbered 41, also known as the Tamiami Trail, across 
    township 36\1/2\ east to the intersection of the west line of 
    township 54 south, range 37 east, the point of beginning;
        (2) Land acquired by the United States of America for furthering 
    administration and use of the park by deeds dated January 25, 1954 
    (2), and February 27, 1954 (2), recorded in the public records of 
    Monroe County, Florida, book OR-3, pages 302 to 308, inclusive, and 
    book OR-2, pages 378 to 381, inclusive, respectively; and accepted 
    by the National Park Service on April 7, 1954 (2), and April 5, 1954 
    (2), respectively; and
        (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.

    Land and water now in Federal ownership within said boundary shall 
continue to be administered as Everglades National Park; 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.

(Pub. L. 85-482, Sec. 1, July 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 280.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 410j, 410m, 410o, 410p of 
this title.
