CHAPTER 123
An Act to amend and reenact § 7.1-10.1 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal the second enactment of Chapter 141 of the Acts of Assembly of 1993, relating to the boundary line between Loudoun County, Virginia, and Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Approved March 13, 1998
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 7.1-10.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 7.1-10.1. Boundary line between Loudoun County, Virginia, and Jefferson County, West Virginia.
1. A. The boundary line between Loudoun County, Virginia,
and Jefferson County, West Virginia, is hereby, on the part of this
Commonwealth, established and declared to be the watershed line of the top of
the ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains as established by the survey
approved by the Commission on April 29, 1997, and recorded in the
land books in the courthouses of Loudoun County, Virginia, and Jefferson
County, West Virginia.
2. B. No vested right of any individual, partnership, or
corporation within the territory affected by this act shall in any wise be
impaired, restricted, or affected by this act. This act shall not be
retrospective in its operation nor shall it in any way affect the rights of any
individual, partnership, or corporation in any suit now pending in any of the
courts of this State Commonwealth or of the United States
wherein the cause of action arose over, or is in any way based upon, the
territory affected. This act shall in no wise preclude the Commonwealth of
Virginia from prosecuting any individual, partnership, or corporation for
violation of any of the criminal laws of this State
Commonwealth within the territory until this act shall go into effect.
3. C. The Keeper of the Rolls of the Commonwealth shall
furnish a certified copy of this act to the Governor of the State of West
Virginia and shall also furnish certified copies to the United States Senators
from the Commonwealth of Virginia and to the Representative from the Tenth
Congressional District of Virginia in the House of Representatives, who are
requested to have the act presented to the Congress of the United States
for ratification by the Congress.
4. D. The Commission created by Chapter 181 of the 1986
Acts of Assembly, and extended pursuant to Chapter 606 of the 1988 Acts of
Assembly, Chapter 52 of the 1991 Acts of Assembly, and Chapter 448 of the 1992
Acts of Assembly, is continued and is directed, in cooperation with the like
Commission created by the State of West Virginia, or other agency designated by
the State of West Virginia for the purpose, to complete its work,
including the recordation of the survey in the Loudoun County Courthouse,
and to survey and erect permanent markers designating the
boundary line set forth in § 1 subsection A. The
markers shall be of the nature and kind the Commission deems appropriate.
E. This section shall become effective upon its ratification and approval by the West Virginia Legislature.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.
3. That the Virginia Boundary Commission is directed to record the survey referred to herein no later than April 1, 1998. Such survey shall take into account KD Map 25 A Parcel 0002 through which the water shed line runs and shall include such residence on the Virginia side of the boundary line.
4. That the second enactment of Chapter 141 of the Acts of Assembly of 1993 is repealed.