An Act to establish the Fire Island National Seashore, and for other purpos
PL 88-587 (S.1365), enacted 09/11/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-586-SEPT. 11, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
and sold to such person at a price determined as provided in section 
1."; and (4) by inserting in section 4 after the word "purchased" the 
words "or furnished". 
Approved September 11, 1964. 
Public Law 88-586 
September 11, 1964 
[S.2905] 
Canadian Uni-
versal and Inter-
national Exhibi-
tion. 
Commissioner 
General. 
75 Stat. 527. 
Ante, p. 428. 
AN ACT 
To provide for the appointment of a Commissioner General for United States 
participation in the Canadian Universal and International Exhibition, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hi/ the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
T^nited States of America in Congress assembled, That, for United 
States participation in the Canadian Universal and International 
Exhibition to be held at Montreal, Canada, in 1967, as authorized by 
the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), the President is hereby authorized 
to appoint or designate a Commissioner General, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, who shall receive annual compen-
sation not in excess of $22,500, and allowances and benefits as deter-
mined by the President but not in excess of those received by a chief 
of mission at a class 2 post, pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 
1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801): Provided, That no officer of the 
United States Government who is designated under this Act as Com-
missioner General or as a principal representative shall be entitled 
to such compensation. 
Approved September 11, 1964. 
Public Law 88-587 
September 11, 1964 
AN ACT 
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rj^fy establish the Fire Island National Seashore, and for other purposes. 
Fire Island 
National Sea-
shore. 
Establishment. 
Boundaries. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) for the 
purpose of conserving and preserving for the use of future generations 
certain relatively unspoiled and undeveloped beaches, dunes, and 
other natural features within Suffolk County, New York, which pos-
sess high values to the Nation as examples of unspoiled areas of great 
natural beauty in close proximity to large concentrations of urban 
population, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to establish 
an area to be known as the "Fire Island National Seashore". 
(b) The boundaries of the national seashore shall extend from the 
easterly boundary of Robert Moses State Park eastward to Moriches 
Inlet land shall include not only Fire Island proper, but also such 
islands and marshlands in the Great South Bay, Bellport Bay, and 
Moriches Bay adjacent to Fire Island as Sexton Island, West Island, 
Hollins Island, Ridge Island, Pelican Island, Pattersquash Island, and 
Reeves Island and such other small and adjacent islands, marshlands, 
and wet lands as would lend themselves to contiguity and reasonable 
administration within the national seashore and, in addition, the 
waters surrounding said area to distances of one thousand feet in the 
Atlantic Ocean and up to four thousand feet in Great South Bay ajid 
Moriches Bay, all as delineated on a map identified as "Fire Island 
National Seashore No. OGP-0002", dated June 1964. The Secretary 
shall file said map with the Federal Register, and it may also be exam-
ined in the offices of the Department of the Interior.