Chap. 115.—An ACT to allow Asher L. Matthews and Benjamin F. Collins to
erect a wharf on the Chincoteague bay, in Accomac county.

Approved January 23, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Asher
L. Matthews and Benjamin F. Collins, of Chincoteague island, in
sounty of Accomac, be, and they are hereby, authorized and permit-
ted to erect a wharf upon their land on said Chincoteague island,
with a water front of one hundred and thirty-six feet wide, and ex-
fending thirty feet into the channel of Chincoteague bay, subject to
all the laws of the state governing all wharves erected on the waters
of the commonwealth; 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or repealed as may be deemed proper.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.