STATE LAND LAWS 

 SECS. 201-202 LOGGING ROADS. 



SEC. 243. BRIDGES OVER WATERWAYS: Cities and Carriers. 



244. Approval of Plans: Alterations. 



245. COMMERCIAL WATERWAYS: State Lands Subject to. 

 Cross-Reference: Appropriation of State Lands Under Eminent Do- 

 main: sec. 246 et seq., post. 



SEC. 201. COMMON USER OF RIGHTS OF WAY. 



Every grant, deed, conveyance, lease or contract hereafter 

 made to any person, firm or corporation over and across any 

 state lands for the purpose of right of way for any private rail- 

 road, skid road, flume, canal, water course or other easement 

 to be used in the hauling of timber, stone, mineral or other 

 products of the land, shall be subject to the right of the state or 

 any grantee thereof or other person owning or hereafter acquir- 

 ing any lands containing valuable timber, stone, mineral or other 

 products contiguous to or in proximity thereto, or hereafter 

 acquiring the timber, stone, mineral or other product situate 

 upon state lands so contiguous or in close proximity to the said 

 lands, over which said right of way or easement is acquired [to 

 have] having such timber, stone, mineral or other product trans- 

 ported or moved over such railroad, skid road, flume, canal, 

 watercourse or other easement after the same is or has been put 

 in operation upon paying therefor just and reasonable rates for 

 transportation or for the use of such railroad, skid road, flume, 

 canal, watercourse or other easement and upon complying with 

 just, reasonable and proper rules affecting such transportation, 

 which rates, rules and regulations shall be under the supervision 

 and control of the railroad commission of Washington. (Laws 

 '11, p. 507, sec. 2; 3 Rem.-BaL, sec. 6831-2; 171 sec. 199 

 Pierce.) 



SEC. 202. LOGGING ROADS. 



Any person, corporation or association engaged in the busi- 

 ness of logging shall have a right of way, over public lands 

 when necessary, for the purpose of hauling or removing timber 

 from other lands, but permission shall be first obtained in writ- 

 ing from the Board of State Land Commissioners: Provided, 

 That all timber on said right of way shall be appraised, and be- 



