                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DECLARING CERTAIN AREAS IN HILL&#8217;S BAY, MATHEWS COUNTY, PUBLIC OYSTER
ROCKS, BEDS, AND SHOALS (§ 28.2-641)

The following ground in Hill&#8217;s Bay on the west side of Gwynn&#8217;s
Island, Mathews County, contained within the following boundaries is declared to
be public oyster rocks, beds, and shoals 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&#8217;s Island; thence following the meanders of the low-tide
line in a southwesterly direction to corner No. 5 of J. R. Forrest&#8217;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&#8217;s 10.51 acres, near
Cherry Point, is excluded from the previously described area.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-204.1; 1954, c. 63; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-151; 1992,
c. 836.