

STATE LAND LAWS 189 



WATERWAYS ESTABLISHMENT. SECS. 273-276 



SEC. 273. WATERWAYS ACROSS TIDE LANDS. 



There shall be established one or more public ways across all 

 of the tide flats that are situated within or in front of any in- 

 corporated city or town, or within two miles either way from any 

 incorporated city or town within the State of Washington. 

 (Laws '90, p. 731, sec. 1; sec. 8092 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 217 

 Pierce.) 



Streets over tide flats: sec. 309 et seq., post. 



Bridges over waterways: sec. 243 et seq., ante. 



Excavation of waterways: sec. 286 et seq., post. 



Streets over waterways: sec. 311, post. 



Waterways constructed by filling districts: Laws '13, p. 42, sec. 17. 



Further provision for establishment: sec. 288, post. 



Laws of 1891, p. 405, relating to the improvement of harbors and water- 

 ways, repealed : Tacoma Land Co. v. Young, 18 Wash. 495. 



SEC. 274. WIDTH AND DEPTH OF WAYS. 



The public ways provided for in section 27.3 shall not be less 

 than fifty nor more than one thousand feet wide, and shall com- 

 mence at the outer or deep water end, in not less than twenty 

 feet of water at low tide, and shall extend inland across the 

 state's tide lands. (Laws '90, p. 731, sec. 2; sec. 8093 Rem.- 

 Bal.; 477 sec. 219 Pierce.) 



SEC. 275. SHALL INCLUDE NAVIGABLE STREAMS. 



The public ways above provided for shall be so located as to 

 include, as near as is practicable, within their bounds, all navi- 

 gable streams running through the tide flats in which they are 

 located, and at such other places as may be necessary for the 

 present or future convenience of commerce. (Laws '90, p. 731, 

 sec. 3; sec. 8094 Rem.-Bal.; 477 sec. 221 Pierce.) 



SEC. 276. PLATS OF WAYS. 



A correct plat of all public ways so established shall be made, 

 one copy of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State, one 

 copy with the Commissioner of Public Lands of the state; one 

 copy shall be kept in the office of the chairman of the Board of 

 Harbor Line Commissioners,* and each county shall be fur- 

 nished with a correct plat of all such public ways established 

 within its borders, and such plats shall be filed as city or town 



