13(5 STATE LAND LAWS 



SECS. 169-170 WATERWAYS PORT DISTRICTS. 



SEC. 169. PORT COMMISSION TO CONTROL, WHEN DISPOSI- 

 TION OF RENTALS. 



In any case where such waterway shall be within the terri- 

 torial limits of a port district organized under the laws of the 

 State of Washington, the duties herein assigned to the State 

 Land Commissioner shall be exercised by the port commission 

 of such port district, and in every case the rentals received shall 

 be disposed of as follows : Seventy-five per cent shall be 

 paid by the state treasurer to the county treasurer of the county 

 wherein such port district is situated, for the use of said port 

 district and twenty-five per cent, into the state treasury, 

 except that in cases where the port district itself shall have con- 

 structed or shall own structures or improvements situate upon 

 such strip of waterway the entire rentals for such improved 

 strip of waterway shall be paid directly to such county treasurer 

 for the use of such port district. (Laws '13, p. 582, sec. 1 ; 3 

 Rem.-Bal., sec. 6781.) 



Payment of money into state treasury: sec. 34 et seq., ante. 



CHAPTER 16. 



LEASE OP LANDS FOR OYSTER CULTURE. 

 SEC. 170. Certain Lands Leased for Oyster Planting. 



171. Duplicate Plat and Description. 



172. Application; Inspection by Fish Commissioner. 



173. Hearing on Application; Notice; Terms of Lease. 



174. Description in Local Geography. 



175. Area and Use of Leased Lands. 



176. Limitation on Use; Reversion. 



177. Abandonment. 



178. Scope of Act. 



Cross-Ref erences : SALE OF OYSTER LANDS: sec. 114 et seq., 

 ante; LEASE OF TIDE LANDS: sec. 142 et seq., ante; OYSTER RE- 

 SERVES: sec. 355 et seq., post. 



SEC. 170. LEASING OF LANDS FOR OYSTER CULTURE. 



All lands in the waters of the State of Washington lying be- 

 low extreme low tide, not covered by natural oyster beds, and 

 not in front of any incorporated city or town nor within two 



