Chap. 294.—An ACT to declare certain grounds in James river, in the county of
Isle of Wight, in the State of Virginia, known as Day’s Point Long Rock, to be
a natural oyster rock, bed or shoal.

Approved March 25, 1902.

Whereas, in making the geodetic survey of the natural oyster rocks,
beds, and shoals in the waters of this Commonwealth, as provided by an
act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved February twenty-
ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by an act approved
March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, by inadvertence or mis-
take, the ground hereinafter specifically mentioned and described, known
as Day’s Point Long Rock, in James river, in the county of Isle of
Wight, though, in fact, a natural oyster rock, bed, and shoal, and,
although designated and determined by the commissioners appointed by
the county court of the county aforesaid in pursuance of section four of
the said act to be natural oyster rock, bed, and shoal, was omitted from
the said geodetic survey ; and,

Whereas, until the recent resurvey of the planting grounds in the
county of Isle of Wight made pursuant to the said order of the board of
fisheries, it was generally understood and agreed that the said grounds
were included and embraced in the limits of the geodetic survey of the
natural rocks, beds, and shoals of the waters of this Commonwealth;
and,

Whereas, the said grounds have not been assigned to any person as and
for planting ground, and it is eminently proper that the same should be
included and embraced within the limits of the survey of the natural
oyster rocks, beds, and shoals within the waters of this Commonwealth,
and should be deemed, taken, and regarded as natural rocks, beds, and
shoals, and subject to all of the provisions of the law in relation thereto:
now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the follow-
ing ground in James river, in the county of Isle of Wight and State
aforesaid, known as Day’s Point Long Rock, and bounded as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner of the geodetic survey of the oyster
rocks, beds, and shoals in the waters of this Commonwealth, in the county
of Isle of Wight, designated on the said survey and the plat thereof as
public ground number one, Isle of Wight county, at the point on said
plat numbered two, near Rock wharf; thence south five west, seventy-five
yards to ordinary low-water mark on the lands of John W. Lawson;
thence along ordinary low-water mark down James river, north eighty-
five, thirty east, twelve hundred and fifty yards; thence south seventy-
seven east, eleven hundred yards; thence south seventy-one east, twelve
hundred yards; thence south forty-nine, thirty east, thirteen hundred
and twenty-five yards; thence south, five hundred and ninety yards, a
corner; thence north sixty-nine east, five hundred and eighty yards in
James river, to point number two on a plat and survey of the oyster-
planting ground of C. E. Smith, which plat is designated as number
eighty-two on a map and survey of the oyster-planting grounds in the
county of Isle of Wight made by P. C. Warwick, junior, by order of the
board of fisheries, in nineteen hundred and one, and which is to be re-
corded in the clerk’s office of the county court of the county aforesaid ;
thence north, sixty-nine east, two hundred and thirty-seven yards to
point numbered one on the said plat and survey; thence north, thirty-
seven west, two hundred and eighty-five yards to point numbered five on
a plat and survey of the oyster-planting ground of Bloxom and Arm-
strong, which plat is designated as number forty-eight on the said map
and survey made by the said P. C. Warwick, junior, as aforesaid; thence
north twenty-one, thirty west, two hundred and eighty-seven yards to a
point numbered three on a plat and survey of the oyster-planting ground
of OQ. A. Bloxom, which plat is designated as number forty-six on the
said map and survey made by the said P. C. Warwick, junior, as afore-
said ; thence north, fifty-two west, one hundred and seventy-five yards to
a point numbered one on a plat and survey of the oyster-planting ground
of R. E. Drake, which plat is designated as number forty-five on the said
map and survey made by the said P. C. Warwick, junior, as aforesaid ;
thence north, thirty-six east, two hundred and thirty-seven yards; thence
north, thirty-one east, five hundred and sixty yards; thence north, forty-
one west, thirty yards to a point numbered five on the said geodetic sur-
vey of the natural oyster rocks, beds, and shoals in the county of Isle of
Wight, designated on the said survey as public grounds of Isle of Wight
county number one; thence along the said public grounds, following the
boundary line thereof, in a southwesterly direction, to point numbered
six on the said map and survey of the public ground aforesaid; thence
along the said public ground, following the in-shore boundary line
thereof, to point numbered two on the said map and survey of the said
public ground, the point of beginning, shall be regarded, deemed, and
taken to be natural oyster rock, bed, and shoal as fully, completely, and
effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if the same had originally been
included within the limits and boundaries of the said geodetic survey of
the natural oyster rocks, beds, and shoals in the waters of this Common-
wealth, and shall be subject, in all respects, to the laws of this State in
relation to natural oyster rocks, beds, and shoals, and the taking of
ovsters therefrom.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.