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PUBLIC LAW 87-711-SEPT. 27, 1962 Public Law 87-711

September 27, 1962 [S. 3 154]

West Virginia. Centennial medals. 73 Stat. 417.

[76 STAT.



AN ACT To amend Public Law 86-184, an Act to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of West Virginia into the Union as a State.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho\ise *of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law 86-184 is hereby amended by striking out, in section 1, line 7, the words "not more than two hundred thousand silver medals" and inserting in lieu thereof "not more than twenty platinum medals, twenty thousand silver medals, and seven hundred and fifty thousand bronze medals." SEC. 2. Public Law 86-184 is further amended by striking out, in section 2(b), line 2, the words "in silver". 'ilSMApproved September 27, 1962.

Public Law 87-712 September 28, 1962 [S. 4]

Padre Island National Sea shore, T e x. Establishment.

Acquisition of land, etc.

AN ACT To provide for the establishment of the Padre Island National Seashore.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to save and preserve, for purposes of public recreation, benefit, and inspiration, a portion of the diminishing seashore of the United States that remains undeveloped, the Secretary of the Interior shall take appropriate action in the public interest toward the establishment of the following described lands and waters as the Padre Island National Seashore: Beginning at a point one statute mile northerly of North Bird Island on the easterly line of the Intra coastal Waterway; thence due east to a point on Padre Island one statute mile west of the mean high water line of the Gulf of Mexico; thence southwesterly paralleling the said mean high water line of the Gulf of Mexico a distance of about three and five-tenths statute miles; thence due east to the twofathom line on the east side of Padre Island as depicted on United States Coast and Geodetic Survey chart numbered 1286; thence along the said two-fathom line on the east side of Padre Island as depicted on United States Coast and Geodetic Survey charts numbered 1286, 1287, and 1288 to the Willacy-Cameron County line extended; thence westerly along said county line to a point 1,500 feet west of the mean high water line of the Gulf of Mexico as that line was determined by the survey of J. S. Boyles and is depicted on sections 9 and 10 of the map entitled "Survey of Padre Island made for the office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas", dated August 7 to 11, 1941, and August 11,13, and 14, 1941, respectively; thence northerly along a line parallel to said survey line of J. S. Boyles and distant therefrom 1,500 feet west to a point on the centerline of the Port Mansfield Channel; thence westerly along said centerline to a point three statute miles west of the said two-fathom line; thence northerly parallel with said two-fathom line to 27 degrees 20 minutes north latitude; thence westerly along said latitude to the easterly line of the Intracoastal Waterway; thence northerly following the easterly line of the Intracoastal Waterway as indicated by channel markers in the Laguna Madre to the point of beginning. SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase with

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