District Court, D. Maryland November 6, 1969, Civ. Nos. 19510, 19884 (United States v. 222.0 Acres of Land)

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

Assateague Island, a long, thin strip of land off the eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia, has the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Sinepuxent and Chincoteague Bays on the west. The northern part of the Island is in Worcester County, Maryland, the southern part in Accomack County, Virginia.

In 1965 Congress decided to acquire Assateague Island for a National Seashore. P.