16 U.S.C. § 398b — Repealed. Pub. L. 85–404, May 16, 1958, 72

Page 218 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 398b the real and personal property located on Lots 251–252 Estate Contant Enighed. § 398b. Repealed. Pub. L. 85–404, May 16, 1958, 72 Stat. 112 Section, act Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 885, § 3, 70 Stat. 941, au- thorized an appropriation for capital improvements and an annual appropriation for administration of the Vir- gin Islands National Park. § 398c. Addition of lands In furtherance of the purposes of sections 398 and 398a of this title, providing for the establish- ment of the Virgin Islands National Park, and in order to preserve for the benefit of the public significant coral gardens, marine life, and seascapes in the vicinity thereof, the boundaries of such park, subject to valid existing rights, are revised to include the adjoining lands, sub- merged lands, and waters, and Hassel Island lo- cated in Saint Thomas Harbor and adjoining lands, submerged lands, and waters, described as follows: NORTH OFFSHORE AREA Beginning at the hereinafter lettered point A on the shore of Cruz Bay, a corner in the Virgin Islands National Park boundary, being also a corner of lot F, Cruz Bay, added to the park by order of designation signed June 29, 1960, by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior pursuant to sections 398 and 398a of this title, and published in the Federal Register of July 7, 1960, the said corner being the terminus of the course recited therein as ‘‘north 58 degrees 50 minutes west a distance of 20.0 feet, more or less, along Govern- ment land to a point;’’ for the third call in the metes and bounds description lot F, Cruz Bay. From the initial point A, distances in nautical miles, along direct courses between the herein- after lettered points at geographic positions (latitudes north, longitudes west): Northwestward approximately 0.13 mile to point B, latitude 18 degrees 20 minutes 08 sec- onds, longitude 64 degrees 47 minutes 43 sec- onds in Cruz Bay; 0.43 mile to Point C, latitude 18 degrees 20 minutes 08 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 48 minutes 10 seconds in Pillsbury Sound; 1.36 miles to point D, latitude 18 degrees 21 minutes 30 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 48 minutes 10 seconds in Windward Passage; 1.64 miles to point E, latitude 18 degrees 22 minutes 10 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 46 minutes 35 seconds in the Atlantic Ocean; 1.99 miles to point F, latitude 18 degrees 22 minutes 45 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 44 minutes 35 seconds in the Narrows; 3.18 miles to point G, latitude 18 degrees 22 minutes 00 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 41 minutes 20 seconds in Sir Francis Drake Chan- nel; 1.04 miles to point H, latitude 18 degrees 21 minutes 10 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 40 minutes 40 seconds in Haulover Bay; Southwestward approximately 0.22 mile to point I, a bound post on the shore of Haulover Bay marking a corner of the Virgin Islands National Park boundary as shown on drawing numbered NP–VI–7000 entitled ‘‘Acquisition Area Virgin Islands National Park’’, approved November 15, 1956, by the acting Secretary of the Interior in accordance with sections 398 and 398a of this title, being also the southeast- erly corner of estate Haulover 5a and 5c east end quarter as delineated on the municipality of Saint Thomas and Saint John drawing PW file numbered 9–24–T51 dated October 26, 1950; Thence running generally westward along the Virgin Islands National Park northerly boundary as it follows the northerly shore of the island of Saint John as shown on the said drawing numbered NP–VI–7000 and on drawing numbered NP–VI–7003 entitled ‘‘Land Owner- ship Cruz Bay Creek’’ depicting the boundary adjustment affected by the said order of des- ignation 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 short of Drunk Bay marking a northeasterly corner in the Virgin Is- lands 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, along direct courses between the herein- after 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 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 mile to point O, latitude 18 degrees 17 minutes 55 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 50 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 delin- eated on said drawing numbered NP–VI–7000, being the northwesterly corner of parcel num- bered 2 estate Fish Bay, numbered 8 Reef Bay Quarter, and the terminus of the delineated course ‘‘south 78 degrees 52 minutes west dis- tance 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 fol- lows the southerly shore of the island of Saint John as depicted on the said drawing num- bered NP–VI–7000 to point L, the point of be- ginning. The area described contains approximately 1,550 acres.