STATE LAND LAWS 

 SECS. 161-163 LEASE OF WATERWAY. 



late the rates of wharfage, dockage or other tolls to be imposed 

 by the lessee or his assigns upon commerce for any of the pur- 

 poses for which the leased area may be used, and the right to 

 prevent extortion and discrimination in such use thereof. 



(Laws '13, p. 587, sec. 3; 3 Rem.-BaL, sec. 6781-3.) 



This is a part of the act relating to leases of harbor area in port 

 districts. Compare sec. 153, ante, and Laws '11, p. 568, sec. 46 et seq. 



SEC. 161. REINSTATEMENT OF CANCELED LEASES. 



The lessee under any lease now existing of harbor area 

 situate in a port district, which shall be cancelled or annulled 

 for any reason, shall, upon such cancellation or annullment, 

 have, for ninety days thereafter, a preference right to a new 

 lease, for the remainder of the term of the lease cancelled or 

 annulled, upon the terms and conditions provided in sections 

 156 and 159; but in all cases where any cancelled or annulled 

 lease contained provisions relating to the right of the state 

 to annul or cancel the same, like provisions shall be incorporated 

 in any new lease covering in whole or in part the same area. 



(Laws '13, p. 588, sec. 4; 3 Rem.-BaL, sec. 6781-4.) 



Cancellation of leases: sec. 147, supra. 



CHAPTER 15. 



LEASE OF WATERWAY MARGINS. 

 SEC. 163. Waterways: Portions May Be Leased. 



164. Preference Right of Abutter. 



165. Street Extensions in: Control. 



166. Rental, How Determined. 



167. Appropriation of Preference Right. 



168. Cancelation of Lease; Bond. 



169. Port Districts Control; Use of Rental. 

 Cross-References : LEASE OP HARBOR AREA: sec. 147 et seq, 



ante; ESTABLISHMENT OF WATERWAYS: sec. 273 et seq., post. 



SEC. 163. WATERWAYS MAY BE LEASED. 



Whenever, in any waterways created under the laws of the 

 State of Washington, the government of the United States 

 shall have established pierhead lines in said waterway at any 



