                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONVEYANCES OF CERTAIN WASTE AND UNAPPROPRIATED LANDS AND MARSHLANDS TO THE
UNITED STATES (§ 1-403)

A. The Governor is authorized to execute in the name of the Commonwealth deeds
conveying, subject to the jurisdictional and other limitations and reservations
contained in &#xA7;&#xA7; 1-400 and 1-405, to the United States such title as
the Commonwealth may have in waste and unappropriated lands entirely surrounded
by lands owned by the United States, when the same are certified as being vacant
and unappropriated by a duly authorized agent of the United States and are
described by metes and bounds descriptions filed with the Secretary of the
Commonwealth and with the clerk of the court in the county wherein such
unappropriated land is situated.

B. The Governor is authorized to execute, in the name and on behalf of the
Commonwealth, a deed or other appropriate instrument conveying to the United
States, without any consideration but subject to the jurisdictional limitations
and reservations contained in &#xA7;&#xA7; 1-400 and 1-405, such right, title
and interest in or easement over and across the marshes lying along the seaside
of the Counties of Accomack and Northampton as may be necessary and proper for
the construction, operation and maintenance of a canal or channel for small
boats over and through such marshlands.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 7-23; 1966, c. 102, § 7.1-20; 1976, c. 211; 2005, c.
839.