JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 439
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peake Bay), which is herewith filed as part of this
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award and explanatory thereof. The orignal char-
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ter line is marked upon the said map and shaded in
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blue. The present line of boundary, as ascertained
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and determined, is also marked and shaded in red,
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while the yellow indicates the line referred to in the
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compact of seventeen hundred and eighty-five be-
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tween Smith's Point and Watkins' Point.
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In further explanation of this award the arbitra-
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Explanation.
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tors deem it proper to add that —
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1st. The measurement being taken and places
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fixed according to the coast survey, we have come as
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near to perfect mathematical accuracy as in the na-
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Measurement
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ture of things is possible. But in case of any inac-
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curacy in the described course or length of h'ne or
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in the latitude or longitude of a place, the natural
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objects called for must govern.
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2nd. The middle thread of Pocomoke river is
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Thread of
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equi-distant as nearly as may be between the two
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Pocomoke
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shores without considering arms, inlets, creeks or
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river.
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affluents as part of the river, but measuring the shore
lines from headland to headland.
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3rd. The low water mark on the Potomac river, to
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which Virginia has a right in the soil, is to be measured
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Low water
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by the same rule, that is to say, from the low water
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on the Poto-
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mark at one headland to low water mark at another,
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mac.
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without following indentations, bays, creeks, inlets
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or affluent rivers.
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4th. Virginia is entitled not only to full dominion
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over the soil to low water mark on the south shore
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of the Potomac, but has a right to such use of the
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river beyond the line of low water mark as may be
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Entitled to
full dominion
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necessary to a full enjoyment of her riparian owner-
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ship without impeding the navigation or otherwise
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interfering with the proper use of it by Maryland,
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agreeably to the compact of seventeen hundred and
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eighty-five.
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In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our
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hands the day and year aforesaid.
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J. S. BLACK, of Pennsylvania.
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CHAS. A. JENKINS, of Georgia.
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A. W. GRAHAM, Secretary.
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