Chap. 62.—An ACT to release the United States of America, and any contractor
therefor or agent thereof, from any and all claims for damages to the oyster
and other public interests of the Commonwealth of Virginia by reason of the
dredging and maintenance by the United States or any such contractor or
agent of, including the deposit of material dredged in connection with, a
navigable channel, or any part thereof, in the James river from the vicinity
of Hampton Roads to the city of Richmond. [H B 51]

Approved March 2, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That in con-
sideration of the United States of America dredging and maintaining
a navigable channel in the James river from the vicinity of Hampton
Roads to Richmond, Virginia, the Commonwealth of Virginia will and
doth hereby release the said United States of America, and any con-
tractor for or agent of the United States of America engaged in such
work, from all claims for damages to the oyster or other public in-
terests belonging to the State that may result from the prosecution of
said work, including any deposit, in adjacent open water, of material
dredged in connection with the initial creation and future maintenance
of the said channel.

2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its passage.