28.2-648 - Declaring certain ground in Mobjack Bay, in Gloucester and Mathews Counties, to be public oyster rocks, beds, and shoals.
§ 28.2-648. Declaring certain ground in Mobjack Bay, in Gloucester andMathews Counties, to be public oyster rocks, beds, and shoals.
The following grounds in Mobjack Bay, Gloucester-Mathews Counties, containedwithin the following boundaries are declared to be public oyster rocks, beds,and shoals and unassignable to any person for private use, in the same mannerand to the same extent as if the rocks, beds, and shoals had been within theoriginal Baylor survey:
Beginning at the westmost corner of W. E. Belvin's 79.25 acre oyster groundlease, designated as corner No. 2 of said lease, said point of beginning alsobeing the northmost corner of additional Public Ground area of 1928,Gloucester County (Deep Rock); thence in a northerly direction along the westside of the said Belvin lease to corner No. 1 of said lease, corner No. 1also being the southmost corner of John Carr's 84.85 acre oyster groundlease; thence in a northwesterly direction along the southwest side of JohnR. Carr's 84.85 acre oyster ground lease to corner No. 1 of said oysterground lease; thence in a general northeasterly direction along the northwestside of John R. Carr's oyster lease to corner No. 2 of said lease, saidcorner also being the westmost corner of W. E. Belvin's 27.71 acre oysterground lease; thence in a northeasterly direction along the northwest side ofW. E. Belvin's oyster ground lease to corner No. 10 of said lease; thence ina southeasterly direction along the northeast side of W. E. Belvin's oysterground lease to corner No. 6 of said lease; thence in a northeasterlydirection to the southwest side of Public Ground No. 2, Mathews County;thence in a northwesterly direction along the southwest side of Public GroundNo. 2, Mathews County, to a point, said point being the intersection of anadditional area of Public Clamming Grounds, Gloucester County, with PublicOyster Ground No. 2, Mathews County; thence in a southwest course alongadditional area of Public Clamming Grounds, Gloucester County; thence in asouthwesterly direction along the edge of additional area of Public ClammingGrounds in Gloucester County to a point; thence in a southeasterly directionalong the additional area of Public Clamming Grounds, Gloucester County, tothe point of beginning.
(Code 1950, § 28-204.6; 1958, c. 475; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-158; 1992, c. 836.)