Chap. 316.—An ACT to create a harbor board for the waters adjacent to the
site of the Jamestown exposition, and to amend and re-enact section 2010
of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved
February 26, 1890.

Approved March 17, 1906.

1. Ke it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty hundred and ten of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-
enacted by an act approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and
ninety, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$2010. The jurisdiction of said board for the purpose of this chapter
shall extend to the Elizabeth river and all branches and_ tributaries
thereof along the water front of the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth,
Norfolk county, and to Hampton Roads and Willoughby bay, and all
branches and tributaries thereof along the water front of Tanner’s Creek
magisterial district, Norfolk county, but the said jurisdiction shall not
at any time extend northward or westward of a line drawn from the
Rip Raps to the Newport News light. Within the jurisdiction as above
defined, they shall have power to fix, regulate, and define the lines along
said Elizabeth river, Hampton Roads, and Willoughby bay, and the
branches and tributaries thereof, within which riparian owners may erect
wharves, piers, docks, and other proper structures for commercial and
manufacturing purposes: provided, that whenever any harbor lines have
been made or may be hereafter established under authority of Congress,
or by any proper officer of the United States, in any of said waters, the
power herein conferred upon the said board of harbor commissioners shall
only be exercised within the limits so established, but they may regulate
such structures as may be erected and prevent all encroachment upon
said lines. .

And to enforce the orders and regulations of said board within the
waters adjacent to the grounds of the Jamestown exposition company,
which are by this act brought within the jurisdiction of said board, they
shall appoint two or more harbor masters, as they may deem expedient, to
serve prior to and during the Jamestown exposition, who shall within
such jurisdiction be vested with all the powers conferred by this statute
upon harbor masters, and may charge the same fees as are charged for
like services within the jurisdiction of said board, which fees shall be
paid to said harbor masters as compensation for the services performed
by them.

Prior to and during the exposition period not less than one-half of the
number of harbor masters so appointed under the provisions of this act
to serve within the territory so added to the jurisdiction of said board
shall be residents of the city of Newport News.