28 STATE LAND LAWS 



SEC. 15 BOARD. 



all the lands and [harbor] areas of the state all the authority, 

 power and functions and perform the duties which the present 

 Board of State Land Commissioners now possess, and is hereby 

 constituted its successor, and all the provisions of law applicable 

 to said board, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act,* 

 are hereby made applicable to the board created by this act. 

 (Laws '97, p. 258, sec. 56 ; sec. 6606 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 189 

 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '93, p. 387, sec. 5; Laws '95, p. 565, sec. 89. 

 *Chap. 89, Laws '97, and acts amendatory. 

 Devolution of powers: sec. 305, 'infra. 

 See preceding section. 



Cited in 17 Wash. 633 ; 22 Wash. 66 ; 27 Wash. 606 ; 74 Wash. 578. 



Lands acquired by the university regents by deed from individuals, under 

 earlier laws authorizing them to acquire and hold real estate, are within the 

 jurisdiction of the board for purposes of sale, under this section and other gen- 

 eral acts which impliedly repealed such earlier laws : State v. Hewitt Land 

 Co., 74 Wash. 573. 



SEC. 15. VESTED RIGHTS SAVED. 



This act* shall not be construed to affect any vested right in 

 any of the public lands as herein defined of any person, firm or 

 corporation acquired under existing laws, or any preference 

 right of purchase or finding by the Board of State Land Com- 

 missioners under existing laws, or cases now pending before said 

 board or in the courts, but the same are hereby confirmed, sub- 

 ject only to such rules and regulations for the government of 

 said rights as may be hereafter defined by the Board of State 

 Land Commissioners. (Laws '97, p. 262, sec. 68; sec. 6613 

 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 211 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '95, p. 570, sees. 103-106. 

 *Chap. 89, Laws '97, and amendatory acts. 

 Power to make rules, generally: sec. 17, post. 



Cited : 13 Wash. 273 ; 17 Wash. 633 ; 22 Wash. 66 ; 27 Wash. 606. 



See 2 Remington's Digest, p. 2409, sec. 100. 



Under Laws 1895, p. 570, sec. 106, repealing prior laws upon the subject of 

 tide lands, but preserving all rights which have been acquired thereunder, the 

 rights of applicants for the purchase of tide lands under the act of 1890, whose 

 applications were pending at the time of the passage of the act of 1895, are 

 saved, as such provision can not be construed as having reference to vested 

 rights : State ex rel. Meghler v. Forrest, 13 Wash. 268. 



Where an applicant for tide lands, competent to purchase same, has com- 

 plied with all the preliminary requirements of the existing law at the time of 

 his application, which would entitle him to a contract of sale, he has acquired a 



