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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 342 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter 839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370153,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345270,"identifier":"1-309","token":"1\/3.1\/1-309","url":"\/1-309\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-309\/","token":"1\/3.1\/1-309","dublin_core":{"Title":"Boundary with Maryland eastward from Assateague Island","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-309","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\u00b001’36.93″ and longitude 75 degrees14’47.105″; thence running N 84\u00b005’43.5″ E (true) – 1,100.00 feet to station “Atlantic”; thence due east (true) to the Maryland-Virginia jurisdictional limit.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOUNDARY WITH MARYLAND EASTWARD FROM ASSATEAGUE ISLAND (\u00a7 1-309)\n\nThe boundary line between the Commonwealth and Maryland eastward from Assateague\nIsland shall be and remain as follows: Beginning at a point on the\nMaryland-Virginia line located on Assateague Island designated as station\n“Pope Island Life Saving Station (1907)” defined by latitude\n38\u00b001’36.93″ and longitude 75 degrees14’47.105″; thence\nrunning N 84\u00b005’43.5″ E (true) – 1,100.00 feet to station\n“Atlantic”; thence due east (true) to the Maryland-Virginia\njurisdictional limit.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 342, \u00a7 7.1-7.1; 2005, c. 839.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}