Supplement to Public Land Laws 



channel or channels, bed or beds, bank or banks, up to and in- 

 cluding the line of ordinary high water, shall be and the same 

 is hereby given, granted and conveyed jointly to the counties 

 making such improvement. (Laws '15, p. 375, Sec. 1.) 



SEC. 243. CITIES AND CARRIERS MAY BRIDGE WATERWAYS. 



Counties, cities, towns and other municipalities shall have, 

 and are hereby given the right to construct bridges and trestles 

 across waterways heretofore or hereafter laid out under the 

 authority of the State of Washington, and over and across any 

 tide or shore lands of the state and harbor areas adjacent 

 thereto over which the projected line or lines of any highway 

 will run : Provided, Such bridges or trestles are constructed in 

 good faith for the purpose of being made a part of the con- 

 structed line of such highway. (Laws '15, p. 48, Sec. 1 : Amend- 

 ing Sec. 7868, Rem.-Bal.) 



NOTE. For balance of Sec. 243, see Land Code 1914. 



SEC. 260-a. DISSOLUTION DRAINAGE OR DIKING DISTRICTS. 



Any drainage district or diking district in the State of 

 Washington may be dissolved by order of the superior court of 

 the county wherein the same is organized, upon a hearing had 

 upon a verified petition praying for such dissolution, signed by 

 not less than two-thirds of the adult land owners of such dis- 

 trict, who own in the aggregate not less than three-fourths in 

 area of the land contained in said district, when it shall be de- 

 termined by the court, that not less than four weeks' notice of 

 such hearing has been given by posting notices in five of the 

 most public places of the district sought to be dissolved, and 

 by the insertion in a weekly newspaper of such county for four 

 successive weeks next prior to such hearing, and the costs of 

 dissolution have been advanced and that it is for the best inter- 

 est of the land owners in said district that the same be dis- 

 solved : Provided, The ditches, drains, dikes and other improve- 

 ments of dissolved districts, shall be and remain for the common 

 use of the land owners in said district so dissolved. (Laws '15, 

 p. 3, Sec. 1: Amending Sec. 4180, Rem.-Bal.) 



