Chap. 615.—An ACT for the relief of W. N. McAnge.

Approved March 1, 1898.

Whereas it has been recently discovered that the oyster inspector for
Nansemond county in assigning to W. N. McAnge certain oyster ground
in Nansemond river through inadvertence assigned to him eighteen and
three-tenths acres of natural oyster rock, located in public oyster ground
number two in Nansemond county and bounded as follows: Beginning
at a point on a line running from corner seven to corner eight of said
public ground number two (as designated on plot filed in ‘the clerk’s
office of Nansemond county court, ‘showing public oyster ground in
Nansemond county) and ata distance of three hundred and fifty yards
from said corner seven and running thence in a southwesterly direction
along said line seven hundred and ninety-one yards to corner eight, thence
along the line between corners eight and nine ina northwesterl} y direction
a distance of a hundred and thirty yards, thence in a northeasterly
direction eight hundred and sixty-two yards to the beginning; and

Whereas W. N. McAnge acting under the assignment has planted said
ground with oysters; and w hereas ow ing to the condition of the’oysters
they cannot be immediately removed except at a great loss: now, there-
fore,

1. ie it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the said
W. N. McAnge be, and he is hereby, granted the exclusive right of re-
moving the said oy sters 80 planted by him in public oyster cround num-
ber two in Nansemond county and bounded as follows: Be ‘ginning at a
point on a line running from corner seven to corner eight of said public
ground number two (as designated on plot filed in clerk’s office of
Nansemond county court, showi ing public oyster ground in Nansemond
county), and at a distance of three hundred and fifty yards from said
corner seven and running thence in a southwesterly direction along said
line seven hundred and ninety-one yards to corner eight, thence along
the line between corners eizht and nine in a northwesterly direction a
distance of a hundred and thirty yards, thence in a northeasterly direc-
tion eight hundred and sixty-two yards to the beginning for the period
of two years from the passage of this act.

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