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PUBLIC LAW 91-664-JAN. 8, 1971
two hundred and fifty acres, including those properties along the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in the State of Maryland and appurtenances in the State of West Virginia designated as the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument, and those properties along the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Rock Creek in the District of Columbia and the terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument near the mouth of Seneca Creek in the State of Maryland. The boundaries of the park shall be as generally depicted on the drawing entitled "Boundary Map, Proposed dhesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park," in five sheets, numbered C H O H 91,000, and dated October 1969, which is on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior: Provided, That no lands owned by any State shall be included in the boundaries of the park— (1) unless they are donated to the United States, or (2) until a written cooperative agreement is negotiated by the Secretary which assures the administration of such lands in accordance with established administrative policies for national parks, and (3) until the terms and conditions of such donation or cooperative agreement have been forwarded to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and Senate at least sixty days prior to being executed. The exact boundaries of the park shall be established, published, and otherwise publicized within eighteen months after the date of this Act and the owners of property other than property lying between the canal and the Potomac River shall be notified within said period as to the extent of their property included in the park. (b) Within the boundaries of the park, the Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, but he shall refrain from acquiring, for two years from the date of the enactment of this Act, any lands designated on the boundary map for acquisition by any State if he has negotiated and consummated a written cooperative agreement with such State pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. COOPERATIVE
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SEC. 4. The Secretary shall take into account comprehensive local or State development, land use, or recreational plans affecting or relating to areas in the vicinity of the canal, and shall, wherever practicable, consistent with the purposes of this Act, exercise the authority granted by this Act in a manner which he finds will not conflict with such local or State plans. ACCESS
SEC. 5. (a) The enactment of this Act shall not affect adversely any valid rights heretofore existing, or any valid permits heretofore issued, within or relating to areas authorized for inclusion in the park. (b) Other uses of park lands, and utility, highway, and railway crossings, may be authorized under permit by the Secretary, if such uses and crossings are not in conflict with the purposes of the park and are in accord with any requirements found necessary to preserve park values. (c) Authority is hereby granted for individuals to cross the park by foot at locations designated by the Secretary for the purpose of gaining access to the Potomac River or to non-Federal lands for hunting purposes: Provided, That while such individuals are within
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