Chap. 159.—An ACT to allow A. Markle, R. C. Keefer, F. C. Stout, J. B. Emory
and others to erect a wharf on their land on Wallop’s island, in Chincoteague
Inlet, Accomac county, Va.

Approved January 29, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That E. L. Bul-
ock, A. Markle, R. C. Keefer, F. C. Stout, J. B. Emory, and such
thers as may be associated with them, be, and they are hereby, author-
zed and permitted to erect a pier or wharf upon their land on Wallop’s
sland, Accomac county, Virginia, with a water-front of one hundred
ind fifty feet wide, extending thirty feet into the Chincoteague inlet
channel, below ordinary low-water mark, subject to all the laws of the
state governing all wharves erected on the waters of the commonwealth:
provided, also, that this act shall at all times be under the control of
the gencral assembly, and be amended or repealed as may be deemed
proper.

This act shall be in force from its passage.