CONSTITUTION 13 



GRANTED LANDS TIDE LANDS. ARTS. XVI-XVII. 



be valid unless the full value of such lands is paid or secured to 

 the state. 



Sale of timber on granted lands: Laws, sec. 71 et seq., and 428, 

 post. 



Cited in 25 Wash. 223 ; 74 Wash. 588. 



ART. XVI, SEC. 4. SAME SEPARATE SALE PLATTING. 



No more than one hundred and sixty (160) acres of any 

 granted lands of the state shall be offered for sale in one parcel, 

 and all lands within the limits of any incorporated city, or within 

 two miles of the boundary of any incorporated city, where the 

 valuation of such lands shall be found by appraisement to ex- 

 ceed one hundred dollars ($100) per acre, shall, before the same 

 be sold, be platted into lots and blocks of not more than five 

 acres in a block, and not more than one block shall be offered 

 for sale in one parcel. 



Statutory limitation of area: Laws, sec. 69, post. 



Platting of urban lands: Laws, sec. 297 et seq., post. 



Cited in 25 Wash. 223 ; 74 Wash. 584. 



The limitation upon the area to be offered for sale in one parcel applies only 

 to lands granted to the state by Congress, and not to lands acquired by deed 

 from individuals : State v. Hewitt Land Co., 74 Wash. 573. 



Nor to tide lands : Sullivan v. Callvert, 27 Wash. 600. 



ART. XVII, SEC. 1. TIDE AND SHORE LANDS ASSERTION OF 

 TITLE. 



The State of Washington asserts its ownership to the beds 

 and shores of all navigable waters in the state up to and includ- 

 ing the line of ordinary high tide, in waters where the tide ebbs 

 and flows, and up to and including the line of ordinary high 

 water within the banks of all navigable rivers and lakes: Pro- 

 vided, That this section shall not be construed so as to debar 

 any person from asserting his claim to vested rights in the courts 

 of the state. 



Definition of tide and shore lands: Laws, sec. 59, post. 



Classification of same: Laws, sec. 87, post. 



Statutes regulating sale of same, generally: Laws, sec. 87 et seq., 

 post. 



Sale of oyster lands: Laws, sec. 114 et seq., post. 



Territorial grants: Const., Art. XXVII, sec. 2, post. 



Cited : 2 Wash. 245-259-265-279 ; 5 Wash. 159 ; 7 Wash. 152 ; 11 Wash. 232 ; 

 24 Wash. 499-644 ; 40 Wash. 373-419 ; 54 Wash. 91-549 ; 60 Wash. 505 ; 63 

 Wash. 457; 64 Wash. 166; 18 Wash. 499; 49 Wash. 68-131-331; 70 Wash. 448; 

 170 Fed. 512 ; 153 U. S. 284 ; 215 U. S. 73. 



