The Black-Jenkins Award, which established the boundary line between the Commonwealth and Maryland and was ratified on March 14, 1878, by an act of the General Assembly shall be and remain obligatory on this Commonwealth and the citizens thereof, and shall be forever observed and kept by the Commonwealth and all of its citizens according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and to that end the faith of the Commonwealth stands pledged.
Code 1950, § 7-6; 1966, c. 102, § 7.1-7; 2005, c. 839.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 3.1 - Boundaries of the Commonwealth
§ 1-301. Extent of territory of the Commonwealth after the Constitution of 1776
§ 1-302. Jurisdiction and ownership of Commonwealth over offshore waters and submerged lands
§ 1-303. Cession of territory northwest of Ohio River
§ 1-304. Boundary with North Carolina
§ 1-305. Boundary with North Carolina eastward from low-water mark of Atlantic Ocean
§ 1-306. Boundary with Tennessee
§ 1-307. Compact and boundary with Kentucky
§ 1-308. Boundary with Maryland
§ 1-309. Boundary with Maryland eastward from Assateague Island
§ 1-311. Recession of portion of District of Columbia
§ 1-312. Boundary with District of Columbia
§ 1-313. Boundary line between Loudoun County, Virginia, and Jefferson County, West Virginia