Chap. 247.—An ACT to define the limits of tide-water on the south
side of James river.

Approved March 14, 1878.

Whereas certain of the acts of assembly are in force and
declared to apply to “tide-water” only, and certain others
“above tide-water” only, without any more specific designa-
tion of the limits of the territory to which they shall apply ;
and whereas on the south side of James river it is found to
be expedient to define the limits of “ tide-water ;” therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
on the south side of James river, the counties of Princess
Anne, Norfolk, Nansemond, Isle of Wight, Surry, Southamp-
ton, Sussex, Greensville, and Prince George; the cities of
Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Petersburg, and so much of the
county of Chesterfield as lies east of a line drawn from the
south end of Mayo’s bridge, on James river, to the road-bed
of the Richmond and Petersburg railroad, and thence along
said road-bed to Pocahontas bridge, over Appomattox river,
shall, for the purpose of construing said acts, be taken and
held to lie in tide-water.

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