Chap. 265.—An ACT to allow Mrs. Mary J. Young to erect a wharf,
latform, shed, and other necessary buildings for conducting the
eens at Franklin City, Accomac county, Virginia, adjoining her

Approved February 29, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Mistress Mary J. Young, of Accomac county, Yap, be
and she is hereby authorized and permitted to erect a wharf,
platforms, shed, and other necessary buildings for conducting
the business at Franklin City, Accomac county, Virginia,
adjoining her land in Chincoteague bay, for the purpose of
shipping oysters, clams, fish, and any other commodities to
and from the same for herself and others, starting on her
land at low-water mark on the northeast side of a certain
street in said Franklin City, called Clinton street, and
adjoining said street, following said low-water mark on her
said land in a northeastwardly direction a distance of one
hundred feet from the’ place of beginning, extending into
Chincoteague bay about a southeast direction, a distance of
four hundred and fifty feet, between parallel lines of one hun-
dred feet; and the said Mistress Mary J. Young, her heirs
and assigns, shall have the right to charge and collect by
law such compensation for the use of said wharf, platforms,
shed, and other buildings thereon, or any of them, as may
have been agreed upon by and between the parties, or as is
usual: provided that the said wharf, platforms, shed, and
other buildings shall not interfere with navigation: and pro-
vided also, that this act shall, at all times, be under the
control of the general assembly of Virginia, and be amended
or repealed as may be deemed proper.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.