41.1-3 - Grants of certain lands, etc., to be void; such lands, etc., under control of Governor. - Virginia Statutes

§ 41.1-3. Grants of certain lands, etc., to be void; such lands, etc., undercontrol of Governor.

No grant shall be valid or effectual in law to pass any estate or interest in(i) any lands unappropriated or belonging to the Commonwealth, which embracethe old magazine at Westham, or any stone quarry now worked by theCommonwealth, or any lands which are within a mile of such magazine, or anysuch quarry; (ii) any ungranted beds of bays, rivers, creeks and the shoresof the sea under § 28.2-1200; (iii) any natural oyster bed, rock, or shoal,whether such bed, rock, or shoal shall ebb bare or not; (iv) any islandscreated in the navigable waters of the Commonwealth through theinstrumentality of dredging or filling operations; (v) any islands which risefrom any lands which are property of the Commonwealth under § 28.2-1201; or(vi) any ungranted shores of the sea, marsh or meadowlands as defined in §28.2-1500. Every such grant for any such lands, islands, bed, rock, or shoalshall be absolutely void; however, this section shall not be construed toaffect the title to grants issued prior to March 15, 1932. Such magazine andevery such stone quarry and the lands of the Commonwealth adjacent to or intheir neighborhood, shall be under the control of the Governor, who may makesuch regulations concerning the same as he may deem best for the interests ofthe Commonwealth.

(Code 1950, § 41-8; 1970, c. 291; 1991, c. 378; 1995, c. 850.)