MAKING THE SEA BEACH IN PACIFIC AND CHEHA- [Chap. CX, Session Laws of 1901.] Sea Beach-Location of and What Portion. location of and SECTION 1. That the shore and beach of the Pacific Ocean, Sea beachincluding the area or space lying, abutting or fronting on said what portion. ocean and between ordinary high tide and extreme low tide (as such shore and beach now are or hereafter may be) from the Columbia river or Cape Disappointment on the south to a point three hundred feet southerly from the south line of the government jetty on Peterson's Point, State of Washington on the north, be and the same are hereby declared a public highway forever, and as such highway shall remain forever open to the use of the public. Shall Not Be Sold or Leased. sold or leased. SEC. 2. No part of said shore or beach shall ever be sold, Shall not be conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of. Existing Leases Not to Be Renewed or Extended. leases not to extended. SEC. 3. No lease or contract of sale now existing on or for Existing any part or parts of said shore or beach shall be renewed or be renewed or extended, nor shall any sale or conveyance of any part or parts of said shore or beach be made or executed under or by virtue of any such lease or any contract of sale. Where Certain Portions Have Been Conveyed, Parties May portions have parties may to state. SEC. 4. In any and all cases where any part of parts of said Where certain shore or beach has been sold or conveyed, or been contracted to be been conveyed, sold or conveyed, or has been leased by the State of Washington re-convey to any person or corporation, any such person, or his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, or any such corporation or its successors or assigns, may re-convey to the State of Washington such part or parts of said shore or beach so sold or conveyed by the State of Washington, or surrender for cancellation any such Lease to be contract or lease, and thereupon the Commissioner of Public Lands Commissioner canceled by Public Lands. Conicting laws hereby repealed. of the State of Washington is hereby authorized and directed to cancel such contract or lease, and to refund or cause to be refunded any moneys received by the State of Washington on account of such sale, conveyance, contract or lease. Conflicting Laws Hereby Repealed. SEC. 5. All laws and parts of laws of the State of Washington in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Sea beach between high MAKING THE PACIFIC COAST SEA BEACH IN CHE- [Chap. CV, Session Laws of 1901.] Sea Beach Between High and Low Tide. SECTION 1. That the shore and beach of the Pacific Ocean, and low tide. including the area or space lying between ordinary high tide and extreme low tide (as such shore and beach now are or herafter may be) from the southerly point of Damon's Point on the north side of the entrance to Gray's Harbor to the mouth of the Queets river, State of Washington, be and the same are hereby declared a public highway forever, and as such highway shall remain forever open to the use of the public. Shall not be sold or leased. Existing leases shall not be extended. Repeal. Emergency. Shall Not Be Sold or Leased. SEC. 2. No part of said shore or beach shall ever be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of. Existing Leases Shall Not Be Extended. SEC. 3. No lease or contract of sale now existing on or for any part or parts of said shore or beach shall be renewed or extended. Repeal. SEC. 4. All laws or parts of laws of the State of Washington in conflict with this act, are hereby repealed. Emergency. SEC. 5. An emergency exists and this act shall take effect immediately. Approved by the Governor, March 16, 1901. STATE'S RELINQUISHMENT OF REJECTED LAND GRANTS. [Chap. LXIII, Session Laws of 1899.] Lands May Be Relinquished. relinquish selections. SECTION 1. The Board of State Land Commissioners shall Authority to have authority and power to relinquish to the United States all rejected lands heretofore selected by the Territory of Washington or any officer, board or agent thereof, or by the State of Washington or any officer, board or agent thereof, or which may be hereafter selected by the State of Washington or any officer, board or agent thereof in pursuance of any grant of public lands made by the United States or the Congress thereof to the territory or state for any purpose or upon any trust whatever, the selection of which has failed or been rejected or shall fail or shall be rejected for any reason. Emergency. SEC. 2. An emergency exists, and this act shall take effect Emergency. immediately. Approved March 13, 1899. SITES FOR SCHOOL HOUSES. [Chap. XII, Session Laws of 1895.] School Land May Be Purchased by School Districts. may be pur school SECTION 1. That any school district may purchase, under the School land provisions of law governing the sale thereof, a school house site or chased by sites of not less than one acre nor more than five acres each, of districts. any school lands of the State of Washington. Preference Right to Purchase at Appraised Value. Preference be 1ght to purpraised value. SEC. 2. That in all cases when a school house is or may erected upon any school lands of this state, the school district to chase at apwhich such school house belongs shall have the preference right for six months after the time of the taking effect of this act or six months after the filing of the final appraisal of such school landsnot already appraised, to purchase school house sites, to includethe lands occupied by such school houses, at the appraised value thereof. Emergency. [SEC. 3.] An emergency is declared to exist, and this act shall. take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. by the Governor. Approved February, 26, 1895. Description. RESERVING CERTAIN STATE LANDS FROM SALE. [Chap. XXVII, Session Laws of 1901.] Description. SECTION 1. That all of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter and lots 2 and 3, all in section 24, in township 22, north of range 26, east of Willamette Meridian, in Douglas county, State of Washington, is hereby reserved from sale or lease, and the same shall not be sold or leased unless directed by the Legislature of the State of Washington. VACATING CERTAIN PLATTED LANDS. Description. SECTION 1. That the plat and dedication thereof of the N. E.. and N. S. E. of section 36, Tp. 21 N., R. 2 E., Willamette Meridian, be and the same is hereby vacated and set aside.* *This land has been subsequently replatted by the Commissioner of Pub- lic Lands. RELATING TO STREETS AND ALLEYS ACROSS · [Chap. CXLIX, Session Laws of 1901.] Under Supervision of Cities. vision of cities. SECTION 1. All streets and alleys, which have been heretofore Under superor may hereafter be established upon, or across tide and shore lands of the first class shall be under the supervision and control of the cities within whose corporate limits such tide and shore lands are situated, to the same extent as are all other streets and alleys of such cities, and all acts of supervision and control thereof by such cities hitherto within one year last past are hereby confirmed and declared valid to the same extent that they would be valid in the case of other streets and alleys of such cities. Approved by the Governor March 18, 1901. PROVIDING FOR SALE OF CERTAIN SCHOOL LAND. [Chap. CL, Session Laws of 1901.] Authority to Sell. to sell. SECTION 1. That the board of appraisers and the Commis- Authority sioner of Public Lands are hereby authorized to offer for sale and sell, under the provisions of section 2144 to 2148, inclusive, of Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington, the following described real estate, to-wit: Beginning at a point one Description. and fifty-hundredths chains west of the N. E. corner of the N. W. of the S. W. of section 36, Tp. 10 N., R. 38 E., W. M., running thence south 48 degrees east, 4 30-100 chains; thence south 56 degrees west, 9.93 chains; thence north 34 degrees west, 6 chains; thence north 56 degrees east, 6.05 chains; thence east 3.50 chains. to place of beginning: Provided, however, That such land shall Proviso. not be sold for less than ten dollars per acre: And provided, further, That said lands shall never be used for any other than cemetery purposes. |