ACL / ACE - Copy folder structure including all rights

Dear readers
A question about the proper settings in ACL/ACE for to copy a given folder structure incl. all ACL/ACE rights.
Situation:
On a OS X server, the admin user did setup a sample structure of folders and files with the corresponding access rights.
Now this folder structure has to be accessible for the "normal" users in a shared folder.
This sample folder must be secured against changes from "normal" users BUT if it is copied it must keep all the set access rights.
Question:
What's the best way to do so?
1) Set the protected flag of the most top level folder of this sample structure folder set at it's done?
2) Use of a Apple Script to achieve this?
3) Use of a Bash Script to achieve this?
4) Can only be done as the admin user which did setup this structure?
5) Other best effort suggestions to achieve this?
Known things:
- chmod is involved to do it on terminal
- It must be possible as the system does something similar when a new user is created.
Thank you in advance for anyones help and suggestions.
Any note and suggestion for easy-to-read and illustrated documentations are welcome.
Kind regards
Tho

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