Chap. 48.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to designate the
Arbitrators to Ascertain and Fix the Boundary of the States of Mary-
land and Virginia, approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-four.

Approved February 10, 1876.

Whereas by an act of the general assembly, approved
March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-tour,
entitled an act to designate the arbitrators to ascertain and
fix the boundary between the states of Maryland and Virgi-
nia, it was provided that the settlement and determination
of the true line of boundary between the states of Maryland
and Virginia be referred to the Honorable Jeremiah S. Black,
of Pennsylvania, and the Honorable William A. Graham, of
North Carolina, and a third person, to be selected by them,
and they did select accordingly, as a third person, the Honor-
able Charles A. Jenkins, of Georgia, but the said William A.
Graham has since depart this life; now, for filling the va-
cancy thereby created, and for carrying out the purposes of
the said act; therefore,

1. Be it enacted, with the concurrence of the state of
Maryland, That the said Honorable Jeremiah S. Black and
Honorable J. B. Beck of Kentucky, with the said Honorable
Charles A. Jenkins, as arbitrators, do proceed to ascertain
and determine the true line of boundary between the said
states of Maryland and Virginia, and do make and deliver
their award in writing, any two of them concurring therein.
Each state shall have the right to be represented by counsel
before the arbitrators, under such regulations as they may
prescribe. And the state of Virginia hereby pledges its faith
to accept and abide by the award of the said arbitrators in
the premises, as final and conclusive: provided however, that
neither of the said states, nor the citizens thereof, shall by
the decision of the said arbitrators be deprived of any of
the rights and privileges enumerated and set forth in the
compact between them, entered into in the year seventeen
hundred and eighty-five, but that the same shall remain to
and be enjoyed by the said states and the citizens thereof for-
ever: and provided further, that the landholders on either
side of the line of boundary between the said states, as the
same may be ascertained and determined by the said award,
shall in no manner be disturbed thereby in their title to and
possession of their lands, as they may be at the date of said
award, but shall in any case hold and possess the same, as if
their said titles and possession had been derived under the
laws of the state in which, by the fixing of the said line by
the terms of the said award, they may be ascertained to be.

2. And be it further enacted, That until the final adjust-
ment and settlement of the said line of boundary, the tem-
porary line across the Chesapeake bay, known as the Lovett-
Davidson line, shall be faithfully observed by the citizens of
the said two states.

3. Be it further enacted, That if, in the recess of the legis-
lature, a vacancy shall occur by reason of the death, resigna-
tion, or refusal to act of any of the persons herein appointed
to settle and determine the said line of boundary as aforesaid,
a fit person or persons shall be appointed by the concurrent
action of the governor of Virginia and of the governor of
Maryland, or of the legislature of the latter state, as the case
may be, who with those already appointed and who may act
in the premises, shall exercise the powers and perform the
duties defined and imposed in the first section of this act.

4. The governor is hereby request to forward a copy of
this act to the governor of Maryland, with a request that he
present the same to the general assembly of that state for
their concurrence in the premises, and that he communicate
to the Honorable James B. Beck his appointment under this
act and request his acceptance of the same.

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