Chap. 69.—An ACT to authorize J. R. Knight and others to erect a pier or wharf

opposite their land in Franklin, Southampton county, Virginia, on the west
side of Blackwater river.

Approved January 18, 1898,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That J. R.
Knight, J. P. Gav, J. I. Beale, A. W. Haves, W. T. Pace, Robert E.
Dorden, PD. A. Holland, H. Cobb and company, Fagan and company,
I. E. Howell, and J. R. Ifowell, and others whom they may associate
with themselves be, and are hereby, authorized to erect at Franklin,
Southampton county, Virginia, opposite their land bought from E. L.
Gray and wife, on the west side of the Blackwater river, a pier or wharf,
the same to be subject to all the laws of Virginia governing wharves or
piers creeted in the waters of the commonwealth.

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