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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60356</law_id><section_number>28.2-644</section_number><catch_line>Declaring certain areas near Hole in the Wall, in 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 near Hole in the Wall, 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:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Beginning at Virginia Marine Resources <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x2019;s survey Station Marsh, located in the marsh on the south side of Hole in the Wall; thence in a northeasterly direction to corner No. 3 of Carroll Lee Forrest and Vernon Rowe, Junior&#x2019;s, oyster lease of 13.02 acres; thence in a northwesterly direction along said lease to corner No. 2; thence along the east side of R. Herbert Callis&#x2019; lease of 6.69 acres to corner No. 3 of said lease; thence along the north side of said lease in a westerly direction to corner No. 2, said corner No. 2 in on line of Public Ground No. 7, Mathews County; thence in a northerly direction to Public Ground corner No. 11; thence in a northwesterly direction along Public Ground line to a point opposite corners Nos. 8 and 9 of Maywood L. Callis&#x2019; 24.69 acres; thence in a northeasterly direction to corner No. 9 of said lease; thence to corner No. 10 of said lease; thence in a northeasterly direction to Virginia Marine Resources <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x2019;s survey Station Sand; thence in a due east course to the intersection of Public Ground No. 6, Mathews County; thence following along west side of said Public Ground in a southeasterly direction to a point due east of Station Marsh; thence due west to Station Marsh, or point of beginning. <a id="paragraph-220733" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-644/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Beginning at the northeast corner of Haufler&#x2019;s survey No. 6565; thence in an easterly direction along the line of Milford Haven to a point which is on Public Ground No. 7; thence in a southerly direction along the boundary line of Public Ground No. 7 to a point; thence due west to a point which is the southeastern corner of Callis Ground No. 7222; thence in a northerly direction along Callis Ground No. 7222 and Callis Ground No. 10447 to a point where the eastern boundary of Callis Ground No. 10447 intersects the eastern boundary of Haufler&#x2019;s Ground No. 6565; thence in a northerly direction to the point of beginning. <a id="paragraph-220734" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-644/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 28-204.2; 1954, c. 111; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-154; 1981, c. 128; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
