CHAPTER 475

An Act to declare certain grounds in Mobjack Bay, in Gloucester and
Mathews Counties, to be natural oyster rocks. IH 585]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

. §1. The following grounds in Mobjack Bay, Gloucester-Mathews
Counties, contained within the following boundaries be, and the same are
hereby, declared to be natural oyster rocks, beds and shoals and unassign-
able to any person for private use in the same manner and to the same
extent as if the same had been embraced within the original Baylor Survey:

Beginning at the Westmost corner of W. E. Belvin’s 79.25 acre oyster
ground lease, designated as corner +2 of said lease, said point of begin-
ning also being the Northmost corner of additional public ground area of
1928, Gloucester County (Deep Rock); thence in a Northerly direction
along the West side of the said Belvin lease to corner #1 of said lease,
corner #1 also being the Southmost corner of John Carr’s 84.85 acre
oyster ground lease; thence in a Northwesterly direction along the South-
west side of John R. Carr’s 84.85 acre oyster ground lease to corner #1
of said oyster ground lease; thence in a general Northeasterly direction
along the Northwest side of John R. Carr’s oyster lease to corner #2 of
said lease, said corner also being the Westmost corner of W. E. Belvin’s
27.71 acre oyster ground lease; thence in a Northeasterly direction along
the Northwest side of W. E. Belvin’s oyster ground lease to corner #10
of said lease; thence in a Southeasterly direction along the Northeast side
of W. E. Belvin’s oyster ground lease to corner +6 of said lease; thence
in a Northeasterly direction to the Southwest side of Public Ground #2,
Mathews County; thence in a Northwesterly direction along the Southwest
side of Public Ground #2, Mathews County, to a point, said point being
the intersection of an additional area of Public Clamming Grounds, Glou-
cester County, with Public Oyster Ground #2, Mathews County; thence in
a Southwest course along additional area of Public Clamming Grounds,
Gloucester County; thence in a Southwesterly direction along the edge of
additional area of Public Clamming Grounds in Gloucester County to a
point thence in a Southeasterly direction along the additional area of

ublic Clamming Grounds, Gloucester County, to the point of beginning.