                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DECLARING CERTAIN AREAS NEAR HOLE IN THE WALL, IN MATHEWS COUNTY, PUBLIC OYSTER
ROCKS, BEDS, AND SHOALS (§ 28.2-644)

The following ground near Hole in the Wall, 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:

1. Beginning at Virginia Marine Resources Commission&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217; 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&#8217; 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 Commission&#8217;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.

2. Beginning at the northeast corner of Haufler&#8217;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&#8217;s Ground No. 6565; thence in a northerly direction to the point of
beginning.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-204.2; 1954, c. 111; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-154; 1981,
c. 128; 1992, c. 836.