Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-29
Synopsis of Tide Lard Bill.

SEC. l The tide and shore lands shall
be appraised and disposed Of by the
commissioner of public lands.
SEC. 2. Creates board of equaliza-
ton and appeal composed of five mem
bers.
SEC. g. Creates board of appraisers,
consisting of three disinterested resi-
dents of each county in which there are
tide lands.
SEC. 4. Divides tide lands into three
classes. The first are those in front of
cities; second, those outside of cities on
which valuable improvements have been
made. The third are all others. The
second class shall be ordered surveyed
as soon as practicable by the board of
equalization. The second class shall be
ordered surveyed by said board, only
upon the application of tie person or
corporation who desires 10 purchase
them; the applicant to deposit the es-
timated cost of the survey, to be refunded
in case he purchases the land.
SECS. 5. 6. and 7. Provide for the
organization Of the b9a-;1 appraisers
and prcscr1bes the manS,r ana time IN
which the appraisement shall be made,
etc.
SEC. 8. Provides for the manner in
which party desiring to purchase shall
make application.
SEC. 8. Provides that any person may
contest the application to purchase or
appraisal by giving notice of contest ETC.,
when the question of the right to pur-
chase and of the business of the appraisal
can be determined, and also providing
for appeals from the decision of the
board of equalization, to the superior
court.
Sec. 10. The board of equalization
shall, (if no appeal is taken) certify
their findings to the land commissioner,
who shall deliver a certificate for deed
to the applicant upon payment of the
appraised value of the land
Sec II. The owner or owners of any
lands abutting or fronting upon or
bounded by the shore of the Pacific
ocean or any bay, harbor, sound, inlet,
lake or water course shall have right for
sixty days following the filing of the final
appraisal Of the tide lands to purchase
all or any part of the tide lands in front
of the lands so owned; that If valuable
improvements in actual use for com
merce, trade or business have been made
upon said tide lands by any person, asso-
citation or corporation, the owner or
owners of such improvements shall have
the exclusive right to purchase the land
so improved for the period aforesaid;
provided that nothing in this act shall
be so construed as to apply to any i'm
provements made after the passage of
this act; provided, further, that the occu-
pant who has, prior to the passage of
this act, planted oysters in any bay or
arm Of the sea up pom ground not covered
up with natural oysters, or who has,
prior to the passage of this act, acquired
by purchase the rights of any other
person or corporation to such occupancy,
the same being not within or in front of
the limits of any incorporated city or
town, or within two miles on each side
thereof, shall have the exclusive right to
purchase the land so occupied for the
period aforesaid to an extent not exceed
ing eighty acres.
Sec. II. When the abutting upland
owner has attempted to convey by deed
to bona fide purchaser any portion of
the tide lands in front of such uplands
or ittoral rights therein, such right of
purchase herein given to the upland
owner shall be construed to belong to
such purchaser or to any person, asso-
citation or corporation claiming by,
through or under such purchaser to the
extent Of the tract or rights SO conveyed.
Sec. 13 Provides that in case the
persons entitled to purchase, as provided
in secs IL and II, fail to do SO within
the time limited, then the lands shall be
open to the public for sale. The rest of
the bill relates to the method of purchase
by the public, but as the preferred prr-
chasers will not fail to purchase within
the time there will be no land open to
the public.
We give secs II and II in full as they
contain the essence of this steal, and
which will stand es the political death
warrant for every legislator who voted
| for it.