Chap. 75.—An ACT to permit Frank Merritt to erect a wharf or pier on Lewis
creek, on Chincoteague island, in Accomac county, Virginia.

Approved January 16, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Frank
Merritt, of Accomac county, be, and he is hereby, authorized and per-
mitted to erect a wharf or pier on Lewis creek, in said county, with a
water front not more than one-hundred feet wide, and extending fifty
feet out into the waters of Lewis creek, on Chincoteague island, subject
to all the laws of the State governing all wharves erected on the waters of
the Commonwealth: and provided, also, that navigation is not obstructed
nor any private right interfered with.

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