The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-09
TIE TIDE LANDS AGAIN.
De They Belong to the Generai
Government


The and cfSes efssclsls are com ietess
ln ths DARK .. - fhe sesfs - tss scfsieL
al The general land commission = EsFa
fsss the o~nersalp Of the tide iAsisss. They
have received tao other Information iaA1
tast es,nsxs-ei IN fss press siisgsa'ehes
The QUESTION decided as raised 10 the
case az franz Baras, ~ho Essi spplsea'
tss.s, "a, se-rste Valentine scrip gu tide lsiics
The registcr and reeslysr dHeaz'ea ths'
.arh l.s.sss wer. BOT ia. lrop~rty of the
Ta!ts.s -lasas, aud Ehefesore cvssii saot D
!. s.f4.! oa The genera lad offer Gu ap
s..I tzsisls-i tnai the gIst- "a Inc tide ian
r,.s.e,.ft,s IA. the Int sat nnt5i shS fcf.
ri ~ has been ssiEg.giesi "a si@teiivss1
tbe onessss here fully realize the i'm.
f.srt&ner IF sse question: iDfogsen atic
pfeieF - - non toin initial unil Official
insfrusfl0ts cone from ash,E1x bsn- They
sxrsesf 10 b. Etzvoed wsth sppsIe tiosss "a
.sse.s scrip Gu valuable tide lands Al
fsaSy enc apysieafioB OF ibs kiSd has been
received 4. Is 20 locate terty aeree on
tide lns9. near Tacoma.
All of fasse Applications viii be held up
! I'll dsnnite Official Instructions are re
eeiYed fron Washington.
1hs decision. II /. stated, u - tenor J
correctly Indicated. will oeea up afresh
the tile and lrpabies. aud nj the court
cncssls v b important lsiiga'f5a. IL nas
u yer before beeL held thar land seffp
ensid t,e 10 s'ed on tue Tide lands OF terdl-
tartrs and al aspirations u N hat end
ia vie q have t~eu Eeias-5. Nov TIE Way
sill Be clear fvr this species OF land
jumping" and great confusion Wiz
narafali, follow.
lie de- ls.on opens up TO loeatl u al
sias- aids. Ho MAJ er hos valuable. not
GOV, re-! bs United states patents. such a
raiiax q. " ade by Tire LAID Office has been
oxsfiuled by the supreme cours on more
iheR as.e occas eli. and doubtless would De,
again.
Toe opinion here 10 that the only effect
Of slse o. etslen will be 10 inv te LEGAL Ssr
fare which must result in the night OF the
ealsias state t,eipg sustained.
LEsAL OPINION.
Judge W Lair Hill. the tide land expert.
in connection with this decision says
The general land office has advanced a
doctrine 70 ~hieb have adhered for many
wears ! eontendei Ia the case OF Human
" Warren. IA ISL, tefurc The supreme
court e Uncgon, that the power Of the
uhiieG state. oysr territorial tide ands is
uuhmitsa. The court a. then com posed
waS Hu able one. Judge I. H. Prim WAS
chief iassiee His associates were Justices
r H. Sna;tusk, J. Z. Waits IN, X. +. Boise
and Lou l. Macarthur They did not
Cs-Eb W ~ ~ Nt&>flCF-
atiosl ana IN the Gecision r n!ered. barely
rsietreJ IL them A. the amount involved
Wss less than SEQ the case tould not be
spt.eaad 90 tLc uitei States sapreme
coarr believed then a. ] he ieye Dow,
that the higher tribunal woali have sns-
iaInsd me. United States Judge Dea =, in
deciding a simllar question of law. took
sutsfa.sti-l he same stand | do.
The fuli effect OF this recent d. eisinn of
he iausi Office tau not be esiimsied a,
sirsi glsuee. As ROW aGders,a IT, the
Valentine scrip can be- iucsted on aa.y of
the tide lauGs. Ii there is any sabjecr {,
luca Ton Of seattle or Tscums, there is q
thousand acre. here aud i've or sly hun
died acres at Tacoma | think there .
very iifiic ~ the Valentine scrip nov out
Do not remember The number of acres
originally issued. The scrip was given
ksien'lne IN lieu of laad granted him
npoa which a prior entry had been made
fnt fe are two other SC iIs. the Posterfeid
and the soldiefs additional. Thesa | be-
!icVc cannot be iocatt 4 ON uu,uryeyed
land The Valentine can, though. and
that makes il applicable 10 tide lalds. \ Inc
fuii scope of the decision NAV be- summed
up iu this nay. IL Iegsiikes the location of
Valentine scrip on suy land. whether Il e
land or no.. before the territory becomes q
sTsie. thst Is not covered hv presumption
enis ~ which hiss not been otherwise re-
served from sale by tie United States
TIT. includes 4 great deal of the Land
upon which water front improvements
have been made.