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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71477</law_id><section_number>28.2-642</section_number><catch_line>Declaring certain other 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, 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.
		The point of beginning is located at the low-tide line on the west side of the Gwynn&#x2019;s Island Bridge, said bridge connecting the mainland and Gwynn&#x2019;s Island; thence following the west right-of-way of said Gwynn&#x2019;s Island Bridge to a point on the south side of Public Ground No. 5, Mathews County; thence along the south side of Public Ground No. 5 in a southwest direction to Public Ground corner No. 2; thence in a generally west direction along said Public Ground corner No. 3; thence in a generally northwest direction along said Public Ground to Public Ground corner No. 4; thence in a generally northwest direction along said Public Ground to Public Ground corner No. 5; thence in a generally northwest direction on the west side of Public Ground No. 5 to a point; thence in a northwest direction along the south side of C. M. Forrest&#x2019;s 4.10-acre oyster ground lease to a point; thence in a northwesterly direction along the southwest side of J. E. Forrest&#x2019;s 10.17-acre oyster ground lease to a point; thence in an easterly direction along the northern side of J. E. Forrest&#x2019;s 10.17-acre oyster ground lease to a point on the south side of Public Ground No. 5, Mathews County; thence in a northwesterly direction along the south side of Public Ground No. 5 to Public Ground corner No. 6; thence in a generally north direction along the western side of said Public Ground No. 5 to Public Ground corner No. 5; thence in a northerly direction along said Public Ground to Public Ground corner No. 4; thence in a northerly direction along the west side of Public Ground No. 5 to a point; thence following the south edge of Shelton Rowe&#x2019;s, Julian Rowe&#x2019;s and Robert Callis&#x2019; oyster ground lease of 100 acres in a generally west direction to a point, said point being due north of survey station &#x201C;Burton,&#x201D; located on Burton&#x2019;s Point to low-tide line; thence following the low-tide line in a generally southeasterly direction to the west side of the mouth of Queen&#x2019;s Creek; thence in a southeasterly direction across the mouth of Queen&#x2019;s Creek to a point; thence along the low-tide line in a generally easterly direction to the point of beginning.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 28-204.1:1; 1958, c. 299; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-152; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
