The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-16
SCRIP KNOCKED OUT.
Applications Rejected by the
Land Office.
WATER FRONTS SURVEYED.
II shs TIA. r.sssss av@ pmhfa<, a wamfei-
raisfy Gan Ess~na Iss Limits
uxer T1sezn-

sne fi@-s q STRIP veEs@Fgssy ~ n0sAt 4tfe
thesn that far sasssnt cznss the lard
cfse. hal rejected sse-y srrliczt-ca raasse
- .5cafe Valentine scrip. ana Mckee
sersp - xeii. where saeh Applications
eame wsshin tie iinsss Of the cssy IS 81
ate ~ the city II Tscoma. The decision
affecting the yAlennne serfp EseTs throws
cat every application snasie on the narfor
frunt q Iseona. IL Also dispose 81
ns&rly every scrip location made On the
Seattle trout. a. All b. seen hy the fsl
tszt Register Reed and gsceiyeg Hayden
sc Of the opinion that tse dertsaoa SIT
rot De reversed by the zsaerAl land Office,
Claiming that the fsfatS taken are stEoag.g
Supported by lsw a. eel a. reason
seeGssr YaLsxrgwE seNT.
TIE following IS the decision respecting
the applsca;ions % tie Valentine serIr on
the narho- front Of Tacoma The same
text = followed in the G4f4sion fe5ect5ne
the same ciass of scrip hled on the Seattle
h.rbsr front
UssrKD srsTEs LsSp ogFpeE.
sEarFLE Ort- -. lsss.f
r. the matter ~ tte application OF FrsdeFIes "
ssgaH 10 ioesse EaseEi4se scrip, ia. CERTAIN
ls85E.
This - &c aypssrssgar - 1oca.s F&,sHtins scrip
uaon certain trsetk outside tie rn~snGeT 1nss 81
tire Tnsse6 states pupsic safseYs snd ssoag fhe
shore % Commencement bag, and Which, Stsn
they nasy b. Surveyed. Sl ie TIE Aoafhesst
quarter Of the norfASes quarter q secisoa -
township Il north, rsugs east
This class OF scrip issued un1er act Of deczes
of the supreme cuuyt Of TIE niBet states. HlfeF
date ~ JaEEsFy 9. is7s. 70 Thomas b valentine
By oxssf aud a. 81 congress approved April ..
w. entitled an act fnr the relief 81 Ihorss b.
gaseatfne assy b. located apnu any 1aa-Dinefss
pebble lands ~ she United states which may -
unoecuyle3 and inappropriate At the este Of
TIE application.
r. Tue DECISION Of TIE honorable acting eor.-
missioner Of The general iand osAee Of date sep
temner 8. iss9 lands that lie between high water
marx ard Icu water mars ON the shores OF
Washington territory sre public lands OF the
United ssates. and II uaoeeEpied and snsp.
pyopyIasad are subject 20 disposition by the
United states under this class ct scrip. see -,
Copp I. o. r.. and page Ia. WAile there IS no
esi3eaoe submitted with the application show
ing whether tbs tract applied for comes within
fhis class oi lands knasa and designated by the
srting Commissioner in bis decision Aforesaid,
as tide lands, We assume sha; the tract applied
for are such 'tide lands or shore ard are
within the proviso af sAli decision such. IL
there were no other question arising than ihls
We would allow the fling under authority Of
said decision. bu; We End that the tract applied
for ia wfthis fhs corporate limits Of the city OF
Tseoms. which was daly Incorporated ss a mu-
neipziisy BY the legislative assembly Of the ter
ritory Of Washington, act approved February 4,
is.6. session Laws, W. T.. 1891, page iss This
tract being pablIc lard under the commission
eFs decision above cited, there can be no ques-
ton OF The right Of the municipality TO extend
lie corporate limits over the same. see 2.2ss x.
=. OF the United states. ! WaFlworth c. G, 80
City GAINESVILLE. 30 Mcbride ?, Copp l. o, le'.
These TWO propositions being conceded. II
seems 10 Us toat under the decision 81 the de
rsF'mens this tract Is not subject 20 location
with ihss class oil serip.
The secretary OF the interior in tie OF Val
entine the city of Chicago 10 capp L. d.
page -, reversing the action OF the eommis
sioner OF the general land Office holds that this
kind Of scrip canno, be located within the in
eorporsief limits Of city or tows aud although
tae same case has hecR brought before the inter
tor department. twice slaee tina; date IL has re.
fused 10 distarb the doctrine above set forth
Fee : l.. D.. 80. L. u, - See also TO the
same effect l. D.. 100 aad townsite Of Seattle
vs Valentine, espp,. l.. D. is7.
These eases, as far a. we have been able to dis
eeyer, have not been modified or overruled by
the department, and the construction of the law
therein So; forth must be the rule Of this office
until reversed We therefore refuse the agp,ica
ton Of NJ. srow. allowing him thirty aud ten
DAYS from this date in which 70 appeal 20 the
oommissie Der OF the general land ofiee.
7. N. RsxD. Res isteF.
JANIS X HAYDEN. Receiver
TIpF LANDS Sor VACANT LANDS.
The second decision. also rendered YES
scrdsy hy Register Reed and Receiver Hay
den. refers particularly 10 the Mckee scrip
filed by Evan r. Warner. The holding is
that the Mckee scrip has been located upon
Surveyed tide lands on the harbor front OF
Seattle. and that the sections bled upon
are not vacant lands a. required by the act
at congress granting such scrip; also that
they are not unoccupicd and unimproved
Being upon occupied lands. the land office
considers sutiicien, cause for dispoSing of
the applications. The additional objection
Is taken that the tracts He'd upon are not
lands but nAvicable waters used for com
fneree and navigation purposes
ssEH srRif 90 40 oHFArJR STRENGTH.
Following l. the fuil text Of the decision
rejecting the Mckee scrip locations.
sEAvriE. ". T., October - ts>a.
Ia the matter ef application 81 Etsu 7. Ma
usF 20 lnca'e special certificate "A nuA "a uas.er
tie aeI % Msreh :. ISs3.
Th3s Is an Rpplfs al a0 "a loate srev a. eerttf-
esleS "A sna 81 ~ shat rs commonly knrsva "a.
Mckee scrip issas1 ty the reuersl land aas.e
August ls. lNsa, apoa the following desrrthr.l
tracts of bets Aud ks3 srg,ii. sflt.r alleged 10 t
mnsg1ycged ls0it os the ttt.srt siates. to.u1t.
~Commsucins e. tbe s2vernmcut uscsn.ssr
rast the slxtA Standard rsr3lleI so EssE VS.
81 the northwest toracT az sgcgias q. toun-A.r.
- soeth range I east, NaShIpston ge-rssefg
lhcHee srst lr2s1 sset ahence souih sac f..f
thence east $3.50 Sees, fhcuee Uorta aGa If.f
faeBee nessh ss ssserees. s. uIaufss west sss
feet, tAHce uoFta = degrees. west 20 tcci- the.s-
vest t.Ss tett, taence Hesth ,lrs r fees thence
north aerfees sssi 50 p iaei 90 place oi 1er a.
nsnr
siaee sid Application these ia u,sp az 5ia
ran showing fhe srss IS snpiir8 f.r % D. within