Virginia Code 28.2-641: Declaring certain areas in Hill’s Bay, Mathews County, public oyster rocks, beds, and shoals.
The following ground in Hill’s Bay on the west side of Gwynn’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’s Island; thence following the meanders of the low-tide line in a southwesterly direction to corner No. 5 of J. R. Forrest’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’s 10.51 acres, near Cherry Point, is excluded from the previously described area.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 28.2-641
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Shoals: means subaqueous elevations covered by water less than four feet deep at mean low water. See Virginia Code 28.2-200
Code 1950, § 28-204.1; 1954, c. 63; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-151; 1992, c. 836.