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TIDE LAND IMPROVEMENTS. SECS. 143-144 



A lessee of state tide lands is entitled to the exclusive possession thereof 

 and of the clams imbedded therein, and any interference with such possession 

 is a trespass : Sequim Bay Canning Co. v. Bugge, 49 Wash. 127. 



The state is not a necessary party to suit to enjoin such trespass : idem. 



SEC. 143. PAYMENT OF LESSEES FOR IMPROVEMENTS. 



Should any present or future lessee of tide lands of the State 

 of Washington, or any owner or holder of such leases, fail to 

 exercise the preference right of purchase from the state, of the 

 tide lands covered by any lease within the time prescribed by 

 any existing law, or any law which may hereafter be enacted, 

 then and in that event, the Board of State Land Commissioners 

 shall appraise and determine the value of all improvements then 

 existing upon such property, including the cost of filling and 

 raising said property above high tide, whether filled in or raised 

 above high tide, by such lessee or owner of such lease, or by 

 virtue of any contract made with the State of Washington, and 

 also including the then value to the land of all existing local 

 improvements, paid for by such lessee or owner of such lease. 

 (Laws '05, p. 353, sec. 1 ; sec. 6766 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 151 

 Pierce.) 



NOTE: Under present laws the lessee has no preferred right to 

 purchase. 



Improver's preference right to purchase first class lands: sec. 92, 

 supra. 



Payment for improvements on school and granted lands: sees. 

 76-77, supra. 



Leased lands not to be sold: sec. 63, supra. 



Filling tide lands: sec. 286 et seq., infra. 



Payment for local improvements on leased lands: sees. 333-335, 

 infra, a later act. 



Cited : 45 Wash. 258. 



SEC. 144. APPEAL FROM APPRAISEMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS. 



Should the owner and holder of such lease be dissatisfied with 

 the appraised value of such improvements as fixed or determined 

 by said Board of State Land Commissioners, he or it may appeal 

 to the superior court of the county wherein said property is lo- 

 cated, within the time and according to the mode prescribed by 

 law relating to appeals, from the Board of State Land Commis- 



