STATE LAND LAWS 125 



PREFERENCE RIGHT LEASE. SECS. 150-151 



SEC. 150. PREFERENCE RIGHT TO LEASE. 



In leasing harbor line areas the owner or lessee of the tide or 

 shore lands abutting the portion of the harbor line area sought 

 to be leased shall have a preference right to lease said areas 

 under the conditions prescribed in section 153. (Laws '97, p. 

 257, sec. 54 ; sec. 6775 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 185 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '95, p. 565, sec. 85. 



NOTE: As to harbor areas theretofore established, this right ex- 

 pired on July 1, 1902, under Laws '01, p. 294, and under rule of the 

 Board of State Land Commissioners adopted pursuant to sec. 153, infra. 



As to harbor areas thereafter established, this section is superseded 

 or covered by sec. 151, infra, or by special acts concerning particular 

 harbors, which will be found in Chapter 37, post, sees. 463, 467, 478 

 and 479. 



Cited : 54 Wash. 537. 



SEC. 151. PREFERENCE RIGHT TO LEASE HARBOR AREA. 



The owner of any land shall have a preference right to lease 

 the harbor area lying in front of his, her or its land, according 

 to the then existing laws of this state: Provided, That such 

 owner shall, within one year after said commission shall have 

 acted as hereinafter provided,* apply in writing to said com- 

 mission, for the right to lease said harbor area : Provided fur- 

 ther, That said commission may extend the time in which said 

 applications may be made : And provided further, That if within 

 said year any other person than the said owner shall apply 

 for said harbor area, the Commissioner of Public Lands shall 

 notify said owner of the pendency of said application, and said 

 owner shall be allowed sixty days from the date of the service 

 of the said notice, within which to exercise the preference right 

 herein granted. If said owner be an actual resident of this 

 state, notice shall be served upon him personally ; and if he be 

 not a resident of this state, said notice shall be sent to him by 

 mail to his last known address ; and if the address of said non- 

 resident be not known to the said commissioner, no notice shall 

 be required. (Laws '07, p. 739, sec. 5 ; sec. 6773 Rem.-Bal. ; 

 477 sec. 129 Pierce.) 



* Sees. 319 to 323, infra, relating to platting of tide lands. 



See preceding section, and notes. 



Preference right in port dsitricts: sec. 158, post. 



