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[CITE: 16USC459b-2]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
         SUBCHAPTER LXIII--NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS
 
Sec. 459b-2. Establishment


(a) Notice in Federal Register

    As soon as practicable after August 7, 1961, and following the 
acquisition by the Secretary of an acreage in the area described in 
section 459b of this title that its in the opinion of the Secretary 
efficiently administrable to carry out the purposes of sections 459b to 
459b-8 of this title, the Secretary shall establish Cape Cod National 
Seashore by the publication of notice thereof in the Federal Register.

(b) Distribution of notice and map

    Such notice referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall 
contain a detailed description of the boundaries of the seashore which 
shall encompass an area as nearly as practicable identical to the area 
described in section 459b of this title. The Secretary shall forthwith 
after the date of publication of such notice in the Federal Register (1) 
send a copy of such notice, together with a map showing such boundaries, 
by registered or certified mail to the Governor of the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts and to the board of selectmen of each of the towns 
referred to in section 459b of this title; (2) cause a copy of such 
notice and map to be published in one or more newspapers which circulate 
in each of such towns; and (3) cause a certified copy of such notice, a 
copy of such map, and a copy of sections 459b to 459b-8 of this title to 
be recorded at the registry of deeds for Barnstable County, 
Massachusetts.

(Pub. L. 87-126, Sec. 3, Aug. 7, 1961, 75 Stat. 288.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 459b-1, 459b-3 to 459b-8 of 
this title.
