Chap. 471.—An ACT to allow John J. Jones to erect a wharf on a creek running
along the western side of Chincoteague island, Accomac county, Virginia.

Approved February 24, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That John J.
Jones, of Accomac county, be, and he is hereby, authorized and per-
mitted to erect a wharf on his land on a creek running along the west-
ern side of Chincoteague island, in said county, fronting Chincoteacue
bay, with a water-front fifty feet wide and extending fifty feet from the
shore into the waters of said ereek, subject to all the laws of the state
coverning all wharves erected on the waters of this 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the general assembly, and be amended or repealed as may be deemed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.