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Code of Virginia Code - Chapter 3.1. Boundaries of the Commonwealth
Table of Contents » Title 1. General Provisions » Chapter 3.1. Boundaries of the Commonwealth
Chapter 3.1. Boundaries of the Commonwealth.
§ 1-300. Boundaries.
§ 1-301. Extent of territory of the Commonwealth after the Constitution of 1776.
§ 1-305. Boundary with North Carolina eastward from low-water mark of Atlantic Ocean.
§ 1-308. Boundary with Maryland.
The Black-Jenkins Award, which established the boundary line between the Commonwealth and Maryland and was ratified on March 14, 1878, by an act of the General Assembly shall be and remain obligatory on this Commonwealth and the citizens thereof, and shall be forever observed and kept by the Commonwealth and all of its citizens according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and to that end the faith of the Commonwealth stands pledged.
Code 1950, § 7-6; 1966, c. 102, § 7.1-7; 2005, c. 839.
§ 1-309. Boundary with Maryland eastward from Assateague Island.
The boundary line between the Commonwealth and Maryland eastward from Assateague Island shall be and remain as follows: Beginning at a point on the Maryland-Virginia line located on Assateague Island designated as station "Pope Island Life Saving Station (1907)" defined by latitude 38°01'36.93" and longitude 75 degrees14'47.105"; thence running N 84°05'43.5" E (true) - 1,100.00 feet to station "Atlantic"; thence due east (true) to the Maryland-Virginia jurisdictional limit.
1970, c. 342, § 7.1-7.1; 2005, c. 839.
§ 1-310. Boundary with Maryland in upper reaches of Pocomoke sound and lower reaches of Pocomoke River.
§ 1-311. Recession of portion of District of Columbia.
That portion of the District of Columbia which, by an act of the General Assembly, passed December 3, 1789, was ceded to the United States and receded and forever relinquished to this Commonwealth by an act of Congress approved July 9, 1846, and accepted by the Commonwealth by an act of the General Assembly adopted on February 3, 1846, shall be and remain reannexed to this Commonwealth and constitutes a portion thereof, subject to such reservation and provisions respecting the public property of the United States, as the United States Congress has enacted in its act of recession.
Code 1950, § 7-8; 1966, c. 102, § 7.1-9; 2005, c. 839.