Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-29
THE TIDE LANDS
TEXT OF BILL CONCERNING
ABERDEEN TIDE LANDS.
A Measure of Vast importance to Aberdeen,
that, Representative Benn Says, Has Been
Held Up By fn'.eny. There is Little
Doubt of Its Ultimate Passage.
AN ACT

Relating to the tide lands of Aber-
deem, and providing for the Eplatting,
appraisment and sale thereof, and re-
serving highway therein, and de-
claring void the harbor line commits
sioner's map of Aberdeen heretofore
filed, and providing for the establish.
ment and leasing Of harbor lines
therein, and making an appropriation
for such purposes, and declaring an
emergency.
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the State of Washington:
Section l. The harbor line COM
missioner's map of Aberdeen harbor
heretofore filed in the Office of the state
land commissioner and in the office of
the auditor of Chehalis county, is here
by declared null and void, and theboard
of state land commissioners is hereby
empowered and instructed, and it
shall be the duty of such board as
soon as practicable hereafter, to locate
and establish harbor lines in the Che
halls river and in Grays harbor in
front of the City of Aberdeen, in con-
formity with the general laws Of this
state governing the establishment of
harbor lines.
Sec. =. The plats and appraisement
of the Aberdeen tide lands in Cheha-
lis county, heretofore made and de-
posted in the office of the commits
sioner of public lands are hereby an
nulled and set aside. The board of
state land commissioners is authorized
and instructed, and it is hereby made
its duty, as soon as practicable here
after, to cause the tide lands within
the limits of the city of Aberdeen to
be surveyed, plated and appraised,
but it shall never be considered that
any tide lands exist along that part of
the Wishkah river within said city.
Such survey and plat shall De made as
nearly as may be, in conformity with
the general laws of this state relating
to the surveying and plating of tide
lands. All plats shall be made in
duplicate and one shall be filed in the
office of the state land commissioner,
Chehalis county.
Sec. 3. In making the appraisement
of the tide lands mentioned in the
preceding section, excepting as to i'm
commissioners shall use the same
basis of valuation, as nearly as may
be, upon which the lots and parcels of
tide lands we're originally appraised,
as shown in volumne > of APP
praisements of tide and shore lands
of Chehalis county, as heretofore
made by the local board of tide and
shore land appraisers, now on deposit
of public lands, applying the same as
near as may be with due regard to To-
cation and proportionate areas, so
that the appraisement hereby directed
may be to said former appraisement
according to said record thereof so on
deposit. The record of such appraise-
ment shall be made in duplicate, one
sioner of public lands and one with
the auditor of Chehalis county.
Sec. 4. The owner or owners of
land AUDITING or fronting upon any of
shall have the right for sixty (60) days
following the filing of the final
appraisement and plat of such tide
lands with the commissioner of public
lands, to apply for the purchase of all
or any portion of the tide lands in
front of the lands so owned:
Provided,.s That if valuable i'm
provements, and in actual use prior
residence or business, have been made
npon said tide lands by any person,
association or corporation, the owner
or owners of such improvements shall
have the exclusive right to apply for
the purchase of land so improved for
the period aforesaid: Provided
further, That the owners of such i'm
provements shall have the right in all
cases to purchase in addition to the
tide lands covered by such improve
ments, unoccupied and unimproved
tide lands adjoining such improve
ments sufficient for the necessary and
convenient use and enjoyment of such
improvements and business, and such
right of purchase shall be prior and
superior to that of the upland owner
or Others Claiming under him: And
provided further, That when the
AUDITING upland owner has attempted