STATE LAND LAWS 1(57 



WHARVES EASEMENT. SECS. 235-236 



judgment the convenience of the public so requires, wharves and 

 landings on the shores of any navigable waters or water courses 

 within or bordering upon "their respective counties and not in- 

 cluded within the limits of tide or shore lands of the first class." 

 Said wharves or landings fo begin at the point of termination of 

 a county road at or near the shore of such navigable waters or 

 water courses, and to extend so far into said waters or water 

 courses as the convenience of shipping may require. (Laws '03, 

 p. 20, sec. 1; sec. 8114 Rem.-Bal. ; 533 sec. 9 Pierce.) 



Abutting owner's right to build wharves: sec. 236, infra. 

 Right of way for county roads: sec: 204, supra. 

 Cited: 68 Wash. 663. 



SEC. 235. WHARF BOARD AUTHORIZED TO GRANT EASEMENT. 

 In cases where the board of county commissioners shall de- 

 termine to build, construct and maintain wharves or landings as 

 aforesaid over and across tide lands of the second class ow T ned by 

 the State of Washington, the Board of State Land Commissioners 

 are hereby authorized to grant an easement to the county for so 

 much of said tide land as may be necessary for right of way 

 purposes : Provided, That a duly attested and sworn copy of 

 the plat made by the county surveyor shall first be filed with the 

 Board of State Land Commissioners, together with a petition of 

 the board of county commissioners setting forth the reasons for 

 the same; and the aforesaid plat, when approved by the Board 

 of State Land Commissioners, shall be and form the official plat 

 of said right of way and shall be filed in the office of the Com- 

 missioner of Public Lands, and the said plat shall show the 

 amount of land embraced in the proposed right of way and the 

 location of the same relative to at least tw r o of the corners of the 

 public land survey. (Laws '03, p. 20, sec. 2; sec. 8115 Rem.- 

 Bal.; 533 sec. 11 Pierce.) 



SEC. 236. RIPARIAN OWNER MAY EXTEND WHARF. 



Any person owning land adjoining any navigable w r aters or 

 water course, within or bordering upon this state, may erect 

 upon his own land any wharf or wharves, and may extend them 

 so far into said waters or water courses as the convenience of 



