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All suits now pending concerning the purchase of said bridge shall be dismissed, with prejudice, and without costs to either party.

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Twelfth Legislature of the State of Washington: .That the board of highway commissioners be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to purchase said bridge upon the terms and conditions above set forth, and to pay for the same the sum of $125,000.00, as provided in said chapter 78 of the Session Laws of 1909.

And be it further resolved: That all acts and things done by the said state highway board or to be done by them in the completion of the purchase of said bridge be, and the same is in all matters and things fully approved, ratified and confirmed.

379.

Passed by the Senate January 26, 1911.
Passed by the House January 30, 1911.

Government to Build Road.

(House Joint Memorial No. 5.)

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives in Congress Assembled:

WHEREAS, State Road No. 5 has been located in the State of Washington, which road, when completed will afford communication from Willapa harbor, on the Pacific ocean, through the city of Chehalis, in Lewis county, and the city of North Yakima, in Yakima county, to the city of Spokane, in the eastern portion of said state; and

WHEREAS, In Yakima county said road has been completed to the east line of the forest reserve, and a large portion of said road has been built in Pacific and Lewis counties west of said reserve; and

WHEREAS, Said road as laid out and constructed passes through the Rainier forest reserve as follows:

Beginning on the east boundary of the Rainier forest reserve on the west boundary of township 12 north, range 7 east, Willamette meridian, Washington, near the bank of the Cowlitz river and running thence up the Cowlitz river and its tributaries to the Carleton pass in the summit of the Cascade mountains; thence down Bumping river and the Natches river to the east boundary of township 16 north, range 14 east, Willamette meridian, Washington; and

WHEREAS, State Road No. 7 has been located in the State of Washington, which road, when completed, will afford communication from the city of Seattle to the city of Spokane, and pass through North

Bend, Snoqualmie Pass, Easton, Ellensburg, Wenatchee, Waterville and Wilbur, and which road will also extend to the Idaho state line where it intersects the north bank of the Spokane river; and

WHEREAS, Said State Road No. 7 as laid out and constructed passes through the Snoqualmie forest reserve and the Wenatchee forest reserve; and

WHEREAS, A considerable portion of said State Road No. 7 has been completed in Kittitas county; and

WHEREAS, Said State Roads Nos. 5 and 7 so passing through said reserves will be of great benefit and convenience in the inspection and preservation of the forests, and will also relieve the government from the expense of constructing roads or trails through those portions of said reserves occupied by said state roads;

THEREFORE, Your memorialists, the members of the Twelfth Legislative session assembled of the State of Washington, hereby most respectfully urge that said state roads be constructed through said forest reserves at the expense of the government of the United States. And your memorialists will ever pray.

Passed by the House January 25, 1911.
Passed by the Senate February 3, 1911.

INDEX.

Court to correct proceeding in improved road district.

ACTIONS (see CONDEMNATION; RIGHTS-OF-WAY; PENALTIES):

Sec.

199

174

237

257

Improved roads, appeals in..

Local improvements, appeals in.

Private road, appeals in..

ADVERTISEMENTS:

Destruction of, penalty.

ANIMALS:

304

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Road districts liable for in diking and drainage districts.

246

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AUDITOR, STATE:

Member highway board..

AXMEN:

Wages of

AUTOMOBILES:

Brakes required on.

Cities, regulations by..

Law must be complied with.

License, Secretary of State to issue.

fee for

record of kept..

non-residents need not take.

number of, displayed on machine.

Lights required on......

Non-residents, license not required of.

Racing on public road prohibited.

Speed, limit of....

Stop on meeting teams, when.

Turn to right on meeting.

BENEFITS:

Apportionment of, improved road districts.

local improvement road.....
permanent highways

Assessed for other improvement.

BICYCLE PATHS-(see CYCLE PATHS):
County may build.

BIDS:

Called for, when.

when work to be done by.

Improved roads, how let..

Local improvement roads, how called and submitted.

Permanent highways, letting of.....

State road, called, how..

BOARD OF CONTROL-(see STATE BOARD OF CONTROL).

BOISTEROUS CONDUCT:

Disturbance on highway prohibited.

BONDS:

Sec.

340

109

334

338

327

328

330

329

332

327

333

332

337

336

335

334

169

225

151

242

240

120

89

185

222

150

356

298

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