CODE OF VIRGINIA

DECLARING CERTAIN AREAS IN HILL’S BAY, MATHEWS COUNTY, PUBLIC OYSTER
ROCKS, BEDS, AND SHOALS (§ 28.2-641)

The following ground in Hill’s Bay on the west side of Gwynn’s
Island, Mathews County, contained within the following boundaries is declared to
be public oyster rocks, beds, and shoals and unassignable to any person for
private use: Beginning at corner No. 8, Public Ground No. 5 of Mathews County;
thence along Public Ground line to corners Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 in a
northeasterly direction; thence a due east course to the low-water mark on the
west side of Gwynn’s Island; thence following the meanders of the low-tide
line in a southwesterly direction to corner No. 5 of J. R. Forrest’s
oyster lease of 2.01 acres; thence following said oyster lease in a westerly
direction to corner No. 4 of said lease; thence in a westerly direction to the
point of beginning.  The oyster lease of O. V. Sparrow’s 10.51 acres, near
Cherry Point, is excluded from the previously described area.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-204.1; 1954, c. 63; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-151; 1992,
c. 836.