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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69911</law_id><section_number>28.2-641</section_number><catch_line>Declaring certain areas in Hill&amp;#8217;s Bay, Mathews County, public oyster rocks, beds, and shoals</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="28.2">Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Tidal Fisheries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Planting Grounds</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Restrictions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The following ground in Hill&#x2019;s Bay on the west side of Gwynn&#x2019;s Island, Mathews County, contained within the following boundaries is declared to be public oyster rocks, beds, and <span class="dictionary">shoals</span> and unassignable to any person for private use: Beginning at corner No. 8, Public Ground No. 5 of Mathews County; thence along Public Ground line to corners Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 in a northeasterly direction; thence a due east course to the low-water mark on the west side of Gwynn&#x2019;s Island; thence following the meanders of the low-tide line in a southwesterly direction to corner No. 5 of J. R. Forrest&#x2019;s oyster lease of 2.01 acres; thence following said oyster lease in a westerly direction to corner No. 4 of said lease; thence in a westerly direction to the point of beginning. The oyster lease of O. V. Sparrow&#x2019;s 10.51 acres, near Cherry Point, is excluded from the previously described area.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 28-204.1; 1954, c. 63; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-151; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
