Chap. 114.—An ACT to allow S. Wilkins Matthews to erect a wharf on Powell’s
bay, at Wishart Point, in Accomac county.
Approved January 23, 1896. +
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That S.
Wilkins Matthews, of Accomac county, be, and he is hereby, author-
ized and permitted to erect a wharf upon his land at Wishart Point,
with a water front of one hundred feet wide, and extending thirty
feet into the channel of Powell’s bay, subject to all the laws of the
state governing all wharves erected on the waters of the common-
wealth; and provided, also, that this act shall at all times be under
the control of the general assembly, and be amended or repealed as
may be deemed proper.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.