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SHORELANDS RESERVED. SEC. 89 



lands bordering upon navigable waters of this state by descrip- 

 tion wherein the water boundary of the land so purchased is not 

 defined, such water boundary shall be held and is hereby declared 

 to be the line of ordinary navigation in such water; and when- 

 ever such waters have heretofore been or shall hereafter be 

 lowered by any action done or authorized either by the State 

 of Washington or the United States such water boundary 

 shall thereafter be held and is hereby declared to be the line of 

 ordinary navigation as the same shall be found in such waters 

 after such lowering, and there is hereby granted and confirmed 

 to every such purchaser, his heirs and assigns, all such lands : 

 Provided, however, That this section shall not apply to such 

 portions of such second class shore lands which shall as pro- 

 vided in section 89 be selected by the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands of the State of Washington for harbor areas, slips, docks, 

 wharves, warehouses, streets, avenues, parkways and boulevards, 

 alleys, or other public purposes. (Laws '13, p. 667, sec. 1 ; 

 3 Rem.-BaL, sec. 8173-1.) 



Lower boundary not defined by sees. 59 or 87, ante, 

 Certain lands excepted and granted to city of Seattle: sec. 541, 

 post. 



Right to lower waters of Lake Washington ceded to United States: 

 sec. 554, post. 



Lower boundary of second class shore lands, generally : See Van Siclen v. 

 Muir, 46 Wash. 38 (p. 42) ; Pearl Oyster Co. v. Heuston, 57 Wash. 533. 



SEC. 89. SELECTION OF RECLAIMED SHORE LANDS FOR 

 PUBLIC USE TITLE TO SELECTED LANDS. 



Within twelve months after June 12, 1913, it shall be the 

 duty of the Commissioner of Public Lands to survey such second 

 class shore lands and in platting such survey to designate 

 thereon as selected for public use all of such shore lands as in 

 the opinion of said Commissioner of Public Lands is available 

 convenient or necessary to be selected for the use of the public 

 as harbor areas and sites for slips, docks, wharves, warehouses, 

 streets, avenues, parkways and boulevards, alleys and other 

 public purposes. Upon the filing of such plat in the office 

 of the Commissioner of Public Lands, the title to all harbor 



