CHAP. 248.—An ACT to allow the Richmond Yacht Club, incorporated, to
build a wharf in James river, on its property in Chesterfield county,
Virginia. (H. B. 176.)

Approved March 16, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the Richmond Yacht Club, incorporated, be, and is, hereby
authorized to erect a wharf in the James river, eight miles below
Richmond on the south bank of James river, and adjacent to
the eastern margin of Falling creek: provided, the same will
not interfere with navigation in said river, and be subject to all
the laws of the State governing wharves and piers erected in
the waters of the Commonwealth: and provided further, that
this privilege granted, shall at all times be under the control
of the general assembly, and amended or repealed as may be
deemed proper.

2. On account of the unsafe condition of the present wharf,
an emergency is declared to exist and this act shall be in force
from its passage.