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16 U.S.C. § 459b–2 — Establishment
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**(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section459b&num=0&edition=prelim) that is 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section459b&num=0&edition=prelim). 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section459b&num=0&edition=prelim); (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.
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**(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section459b&num=0&edition=prelim) that is 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section459b&num=0&edition=prelim). 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section459b&num=0&edition=prelim); (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.
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**(a)** The area comprising that portion of the land and waters located in the towns of Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, and Chatham in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and described in subsection (b), is designated for establishment as Cape Cod National Seashore (hereinafter referred to as “the seashore”).
**(b)** The area referred to in subsection (a) is described as follows:Beginning at a point in the Atlantic Ocean one-quarter of a mile due west of the mean low-water line of the Atlantic Ocean on Cape Cod at the westernmost extremity of Race Point, Provincetown, Massachusetts; thence from the point of beginning along a line a quarter of a mile offshore of and parallel to the mean low-water line of the Atlantic Ocean, Cape Cod Bay, and Provincetown Harbor in generally southerly, easterly, and northerly directions rounding Long Point and then southwesterly to a point a quarter of a mile offshore of the mean low-water line on the harbor side of the dike depicted on the United States Geological Survey Provincetown quadrangle sheet (1949) crossing an arm of the Provincetown Harbor; thence northerly, along a line a quarter of a mile offshore of and parallel to the low-water line at the dike to a point easterly of the point of intersection of the said dike with the boundary of the Province Lands Reservation as depicted on the said Provincetown quadrangle sheet; thence westerly to the said point of intersection of the dike and the Province Lands Reservation boundary; thence along the boundaries of the Province Lands Reservation northwesterly, northeasterly, northerly, and easterly to the easternmost corner of the reservation being near United States Route 6; thence leaving the said easternmost corner along an extension of the southerly reservation bounda
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