Chap. 518.—An ACT to allow A. 8. Matthews to erect a wharf on Pocomoke
sound in Accomac county.

Approved February 27, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Alfred
S. Matthews, of Accomac county, be hereby authorized and permit-
ted to erect a wharf on the north end of Sykes island, with a water
front of one hundred feet and extend fifty feet from the shore into
the waters of Pocomoke sound, subject to all the laws of the state
governing all wharves erected on the waters of this commonwealth:
and provided, also, that this act shall at all times be under the con-
trol of the general assembly and be amended or repealed as may be
deemed proper.

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