Chap. 44.—An ACT repealing, amending and re-enacting the Ist and 2d
sections of chapter 62 of the Code of 1860, in relation to Waste and
Unappropriated Lands,

Passed February 28, 1806,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the first
and second sections of chapter sixty-two of the Code of Vir-
ginia (edition eighteen hundred and sixty) are hereby re-
pealed and amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

‘“§ 1. All unappropriated lands on the bay of Chesapeake,
on the sea shore, or on the shores of rivers or creeks, which
remained ungranted according to the provisions of the acts
of the general assembly of seventeen hundred and eighty
and eighteen hundred and two, and which have been used as
a common to all the people of this state, shall be sold, under
the direction of the board of public works, in such quantities,
and upon such terms, either at public or private sale, as they
shall deem most advisable for the interest of the state. The
said board of public works may convey to the purchasers
thereof all the right and title of the state in and to said lands:
provided, however, that the said lands shall not be sold for
less than one dollar per acre.”

Ҥ2. The rights and privileges of the owners of such
lands, acquired as aforesaid, shall extend to ordinary low
water mark, and no further, unless where a creek or river, or
some part thereof, is comprised in the limits of a lawful
survey.”

2, This act shall be in force from its passage.
Chap. 44.—An ACT repealing, amending and re-enacting the Ist and 2d
sections of chapter 62 of the Code of 1860, in relation to Waste and
Unappropriated Lands,

Passed February 28, 1806,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the first
and second sections of chapter sixty-two of the Code of Vir-
ginia (edition eighteen hundred and sixty) are hereby re-
pealed and amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

‘“§ 1. All unappropriated lands on the bay of Chesapeake,
on the sea shore, or on the shores of rivers or creeks, which
remained ungranted according to the provisions of the acts
of the general assembly of seventeen hundred and eighty
and eighteen hundred and two, and which have been used as
a common to all the people of this state, shall be sold, under
the direction of the board of public works, in such quantities,
and upon such terms, either at public or private sale, as they
shall deem most advisable for the interest of the state. The
said board of public works may convey to the purchasers
thereof all the right and title of the state in and to said lands:
provided, however, that the said lands shall not be sold for
less than one dollar per acre.”

Ҥ2. The rights and privileges of the owners of such
lands, acquired as aforesaid, shall extend to ordinary low
water mark, and no further, unless where a creek or river, or
some part thereof, is comprised in the limits of a lawful
survey.”

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