, 1878-09-14
VOLUME SNOHoMISH CITY WASHINGTON TERRI SArURDA

deemed vacant anil alsh the manner Of
hling vacancies, where NJ provision Is
made Tor :hat purpose IN tins Cons,iiu-
tiuu.
Sec, 10. The County Commissioners.
Superintendent q: Schools and the
Comfy Treasurer Oi each county shall
constitute board Of appraisers who
shall 0ppraisc all lands within their re
spec;iye counties belonging TO ihe State
except tide lands) under such rrgula.
tions Ms may be prescribed 10y law, be.
fore they can he snl,l.
Sec. II. The common law Of Eng
land--applicnble Ia our condition and
circumstances, and not reVugnant To or
| Inconsistent with the Constitution ol the
| United States or laws Of this State
shall be in iull force aud lhe rule OF de-
csion in all courts in this State; but in
the event If laws being passed.. confer.
ring rights or imposing obligations
growing out of or founded upon princi-
pies OF the Civil and not the Common
Law, then the rules of the Civil Law
may he resurted to- for the purpose OF
Interpretation and decision.
Sec. IS. The Legislature shall have
power to fix the time for the election Of
all officers where no provision is made
fer such election in this Constitution.
Sec. l6. All patents and grants Of
lands made hy the United States to set
tiers and purchasers of tide-lands, shall
be ratified and confirmed by the State,
SCHEDULE.
Section /. That no inconvenience
may arise by reason OF a change from a
! Territorial to State government it is
declared that actions, rights, prosecu-
tions, judgments, decrces, claims and
contracts as we'll of individuals as of
bodies including counties,
towns, school and rond listricts-shall
continue as if no such change had taken
place; and all process which may have
been issued under the authority of the
Territory of Washington, previous to
its admission into the Union, shall be MS
valid as if issued in the name of the
State.
Sec. 2. All laws now in force in the
Territory of Washington, which are not
repugnant to this Constitution, shall re
main in force until they expire Ivy their
own limitation, or are altered or repeal
ed by the Legislature.
Sec. 3 All debts, fines, penalties and
iorfeitures, which have accrued, or may
lerhaflcr accrue, to the Territory of
Washington, shall epure to the State.
Sec. 4. All recognizance heretofore
taken, or which may he taken before the
change from II Territorial to State gov =
9rnment shall remain valid, and shall pass
to. and may be prosecuted in the nam. Of
| the State; and all bonds executed to the
Governor or to the Territory of Wash
in9ton, or to any county or municipal
corporation, or to any officer or court in
his or its official capacity, shall pass to
the State authorities and their successors
in office, for the use therein expressed,
and may he sued for and recovered ac-
cordingly; and all the estate, real, per-
sonal and mixed, and AL judgments,
DEGREES, bonds. specialtes, chooses in ac
tion, ard CLAIMS or debts, OF whatever
description, belonging to the Territory
of Washington, shall cnure 10 and vest
in the State ot Washington, and may he
sued for and recovered in the same man.
ner, ard to the same extent, by the State
OF Washington, us the same could have
been by the Territory Of Washington.
/ All criminal prosecutions ana penal
actions. which may have 'riscn or which
NAV arise, before the change from "a
T Territorial tn State e"y,rnmeu', nnl
and which shall then DEE pndiuc, shall
rc prosecuted g. lulcnuL anil cXeru
t,nn ia the name e., lh- State, Al ai-
frrHs ramm.it.I .. Hs' iar lbva OF thr
Territory u, Nsa.H-0g l..or i.s
change from T.r.lr.sI ia state l"r