J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      705

southwesterly to the eastern extremity of the sand bar known as
Heron Island; thence southwesterly in a straight line to the most
southerly point of Blackiston Island; thence in a straight line north-
westerly to the southern extremity of Colton's Point; thence follow-
ing the mean low water line, westerly, excluding all creeks and inlets,
to the point marking the southeasterly entrance into St. Catherine
Sound; thence westerly in a straight line to the southern extremity
of St. Catherine Island Sandbar; thence northwesterly, along the
westerly edge of said sand bar continuing along the mean low water
line of the southwesterly side of St. Catherine Island to the north-
westerly point of said island; thence westerly in a straight line to
Cobb Point Bar Lighthouse; thence northwesterly along the ridge
of Cobb Point Sandbar to the southerly extremity of Cobb Point;
thence following the mean low water line in general northwesterly
and northerly directions across the respective mouths of all creeks
and inlets to a point at the easterly entrance into Port Tobacco
River, due east of Windmill Point; thence in a straight line westerly
to Windmill Point; thence southwesterly following the mean low
water line across the respective mouths of all creeks and inlets to
Upper Cedar Point; thence southwesterly in a straight line across
the mouth of Nanjemoy Creek to a point on shore at the village of
Riverside; thence following the mean low water line, southwesterly,
northwesterly and northerly, across the respective mouths of all
creeks and inlets to Smith Point; thence northerly in a straight line
to Liverpool Point; thence northerly in a straight line to Sandy
Point; thence following the mean low water line northerly, across
the respective mouths of all creeks and inlets to Moss Point; thence
northerly in a straight line across Chicamuxen Creek to the southern-
most point of Stump Neck; thence following the mean low water
line northeasterly, across the respective mouths of all creeks and
inlets, to a point at the southerly entrance into Mattawoman Creek;
thence in a straight line northeasterly across the mouth of Matta-
woman Creek to the southwesterly point of Cornwallis Neck; thence
following the mean low water line northeasterly, across the respective
mouths of all creeks and inlets, to Chapman Point; thence in a
straight line northeasterly to Pomonkey or Hollis Point; thence
following the mean low water line in a northerly direction across
the respective mouths of all creeks and inlets, to a point on Marshall
Hall shore, due south of Ferry Point; thence northeasterly in a
straight line to Bryan Point; thence northeasterly in a straight line
to the northwest extremity of Mockley Point; thence northeasterly
in a straight line to Hatton Point; thence northerly in a straight
line to the south westernmost point of Indian Queen Bluff; thence
following the mean low water line northerly across the respective
mouths of all creeks and inlets, to Rosier Bluff Point; thence in a
straight line northerly to the intersection with the District of
Columbia Line at Fox Ferry Point, thence following the boundary
line of the District of Columbia southwesterly to a point on the
lower or southern shore of the Potomac River, said point being the
intersection of the boundary line of the Commonwealth of Virginia
with the boundary line of the District of Columbia; thence following
the mean low water line of the Potomac River on the southern, or
Virginia shore, as defined in the Black-Jenkins Award of 1877 and
as laid out in the Matthews-Nelson Survey of 1927, beginning at the
intersection of the Potomac River and the District of Columbia
Line at Jones Point and running to Smiths Point; and thence in a
straight line across the mouth of the Potomac River on the estab-