CHAP. 157.--An ACT to allow Abel A. Lake to erect a wharf in Accomac county, on Chincoteague bay, for the purpose of shipping oysters.
Approved February 21, 1882.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Abel A. Lake, of the county of Accomac, be and he hereby authorized to erect a wharf at Franklin city, in said county, on Chincoteague bay, for the purpose of shipping oysters and from the same for himself and others. Starting from the right of way given to the public use by John R. Franklin, senior, deceased, in his lifetime, near the mouth of a small creek, running along said right of way and along the Worcester railroad company's property, three hundred and thirty feet southwest, from the centre of said railroad's property;
thence running five hundred feet, parallel with said rail southwestwardly ; thence one hundred and fifty feet south- westwardly; thence parallel with said railroad, five hundred
feet northwestwardly, near the lands of John Young's heirs;
thence one hundred and fifty feet, to the place of beginning.
And the said Abel A. Lake, his heirs or assigns, shall have the right to charge such compensation for the use of said wharf as may have been agreed upon by and between the parties, or as are usual: provided that said wharf shall not interfere
with navigation: and provided, also, that this act shall, all times, be under the control of the general assembly, and be amended or repealed, as may be deemed proper. Abel A. Lake authorized to erect a wharf Its limits
2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Commencem't