196 STATE LAND LAWS 



SEC. 288 IMPROVEMENT OF WATERWAYS CONTRACTS. 



upon the same, provided for herein: Provided, however, That 

 this section shall not be so construed as to require the Commis- 

 sioner of Public Lands to enter into any contract whatever, or 

 the Governor to approve any contract whatever ; and said Com- 

 missioner of Public Lands shall have the right to refuse to make 

 any contract, and the Governor shall have the right to refuse 

 to approve any such contract which in their judgment or in the 

 judgment of either of them would be detrimental to the interests 

 of the state: And. provided further, That the Commissioner of 

 Public Lands shall publish for thirty days, at the expense of 

 the applicant, in some newspaper of general circulation, in the 

 county where said lands are situated, notice of the pendency of 

 such application, and request all interested parties to appear 

 before him at the time and place mentioned in said notice and 

 state their objections; and no contract shall be entered into by 

 the Commissioner of Public Lands for the improvement of any 

 such waterway or waterways until after the date fixed in said 

 notice at which interested parties may appear and be heard. 

 (Laws '93, p. 244, sec. 5; sec. 8104 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 241 

 Pierce.) 



Cited : 20 Wash. 276 ; 35 Wash. 507 ; 60 Wash. 350. 



The owner of abutting uplands, having a mere preference right to purchase 

 the tide lands when the same shall become subject to sale, is not entitled 

 to special notice or opportunity to be heard upon the proposed contract : Seat- 

 tle & Lake Wash. Canal Co. v. Seattle Dock Co., 35 Wash. 503. 



SEC. 288. TERMS OF CONTRACTS. 



Said contract with the Commissioner of Public Lands shall 

 specify the waterway or waterways proposed to be excavated, 

 and the lands to be affected thereby, and shall be accompanied 

 by a map of the locality or localities showing said waterway or 

 waterways, and their relation to the harbor lines and reserva- 

 tions in front of the cities or towns where the same are located, 

 and shall show the tide and shore lands- to be filled in and raised 

 above high tide, properly designated and subdivided as nearly 

 in accordance with the existing subdivisions of abutting uplands 

 as the proper location of said waterway or waterways will per- 

 mit, and shall specify and exhibit the waterway or waterways 



