28.2-605 - Application for assignment. - Virginia Statutes

§ 28.2-605. Application for assignment.

All applications for assignment of general oyster-planting grounds shall bemade in writing, in duplicate, to the Commission. Applications shall beconsidered in the same order in which they are received, except that noapplication for any ground then under lease shall be valid for that portionunder lease. The application shall state, as nearly as possible, the numberof acres applied for and definite location, with the name of one or moreprominent points or objects adjacent to such ground. It shall be the duty ofany resident, firm, or corporation desiring to obtain a location for plantingor propagating oysters to apply to have the location determined, designated,surveyed, and assigned.

(Code 1950, § 28-124; 1954, c. 352; 1958, c. 183; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406,§ 28.1-109(3); 1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 684; 1970, c. 726; 1972, c. 644; 1973,c. 14; 1978, cc. 546, 548; 1980, cc. 34, 609; 1984, c. 259; 1986, c. 171;1992, c. 836.)