Chap. 247.—An ACT declaring certain grounds under the water,
known as Hampton Flats, open and eligible for the planting of oys-
ters.

Approved March 6, 1882. —

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
all that portion of Hampton Flats, and the grounds thereof,
lying in and adjacent to the county of Elizabeth City, com-
mencing at the mouth of Hampton creek and running along
the shore line, at low water mark, to the mouth of Salter’s
(or Salford’s) creek, and included between the said low water
mark along said shore line and a line commencing at Petty-
coat Bony, at the mouth of said Hampton creek, and running
thence in a southwesterly direction to the Newport News
Point, be and they are hereby declared open and eligible for
the planting of oysters for the period of twenty years from
the passage of this act, subject to the provisions hereinafter
contained.

2. That if any person resident within this state shall be
desirous of sowing or planting oysters on any of said flats or
grounds hereinbefore described, such person may apply to
the inspector of cysters for the county in which said flats or
grounds are located, or to which they are adjacent, stating
as near may be the quantity proposed to be planted, and the
said inspector shall assign to such person, on such portion of
said flats or grounds as may be agreed upon between them,
so much of the said flats or grounds as may be necessary for
the quantity of ovsters so proposed to be planted or sowed.
Such person shall cause the same to be marked and laid off
with suitable stakes. according to assignment, and thereafter
the exclusive right of planting or sowing oysters on such
grounds, so assigned, shall be vested in such person for the
period of one year. with the privilege of renewing the same
from year to year, upon such terms as may be “prescribed
by law while this act shall be in force.

3. That where any of the said flats or grounds hereinbe-
fore described are now used or occupied by any person a resi-
dent of this state for the planting or sowing of oysters, the
inspector in making assignment of such round so used or
occupied, shall give “preference to such person or persons 60
using or occupying the same, as atoresaid.

4. That all oysters sowed or planted on the flats or grounds
aforesaid shall be subject to the tax and restrictions imposed
upon planted oysters and the planting thereof, prescribed by
sections five, sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three,
twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, and twenty-seven of an
act entitled an act for the preservation of oysters and to
obtain revenue for the privilege of taking them within the
waters of this commonwealth, approved April eighteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four. so far as the same are
applicable thereto.

. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 247.—An ACT declaring certain grounds under the water,
known as Hampton Flats, open and eligible for the planting of oys-
ters.

Approved March 6, 1882. —

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
all that portion of Hampton Flats, and the grounds thereof,
lying in and adjacent to the county of Elizabeth City, com-
mencing at the mouth of Hampton creek and running along
the shore line, at low water mark, to the mouth of Salter’s
(or Salford’s) creek, and included between the said low water
mark along said shore line and a line commencing at Petty-
coat Bony, at the mouth of said Hampton creek, and running
thence in a southwesterly direction to the Newport News
Point, be and they are hereby declared open and eligible for
the planting of oysters for the period of twenty years from
the passage of this act, subject to the provisions hereinafter
contained.

2. That if any person resident within this state shall be
desirous of sowing or planting oysters on any of said flats or
grounds hereinbefore described, such person may apply to
the inspector of cysters for the county in which said flats or
grounds are located, or to which they are adjacent, stating
as near may be the quantity proposed to be planted, and the
said inspector shall assign to such person, on such portion of
said flats or grounds as may be agreed upon between them,
so much of the said flats or grounds as may be necessary for
the quantity of ovsters so proposed to be planted or sowed.
Such person shall cause the same to be marked and laid off
with suitable stakes. according to assignment, and thereafter
the exclusive right of planting or sowing oysters on such
grounds, so assigned, shall be vested in such person for the
period of one year. with the privilege of renewing the same
from year to year, upon such terms as may be “prescribed
by law while this act shall be in force.

3. That where any of the said flats or grounds hereinbe-
fore described are now used or occupied by any person a resi-
dent of this state for the planting or sowing of oysters, the
inspector in making assignment of such round so used or
occupied, shall give “preference to such person or persons 60
using or occupying the same, as atoresaid.

4. That all oysters sowed or planted on the flats or grounds
aforesaid shall be subject to the tax and restrictions imposed
upon planted oysters and the planting thereof, prescribed by
sections five, sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three,
twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, and twenty-seven of an
act entitled an act for the preservation of oysters and to
obtain revenue for the privilege of taking them within the
waters of this commonwealth, approved April eighteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four. so far as the same are
applicable thereto.

. This act shall be in force from its passage.