Chap. 88.—An ACT to allow the Eastern Shore steamboat pompan of
Maryland, to acquire, hold, and dispose of a certain tract of in
Northampton county, Virginia.

Approved February 3, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be lawful for the Eastern Shore steamboat company,
an incorporated company under the laws of the state of
Maryland, and now running a line of steamboats from the
Eastern: Shore of Virginia to Baltimore, Maryland, to pur-
chase, hold, own, lease, and control in any manner, grant,
bargain, sell, convey, mortgage, convey by deed of trust, and
otherwise dispose or deal with the farm known as Concord,
situated on Occohannock creek, in Northampton county,
Virginia, containing two hundred and fifty acres more or less;
to lay out such lands, or any part thereof, into lots or parcels
of convenient size, with intervening roads, streets, lanes and
alleys; to erect thereon dwellings, stores, houses, hotels and
other improvements, and to work, improve, cultivate, and
otherwise develop and dispose of the same in such manner
and upon such terms as the said company may think proper;
to erect a wharf or wharves connected with said farm, build
houses adjacent thereto for fish, oysters, and other purposes;
to plant oysters, clams, and other shell-fish; to erect fish-
hatching houses for practical and scientific purposes.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

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