198 STATE EAND LAWS 



SEC. 290 WATERWAY IMPROVEMENT CHARGES. 



sioner of Public Lands, according to the difficulties to be en- 

 countered: And provided further, That said Commissioner of 

 Public Lands, upon showing of due diligence on the part of the 

 contracting parties may grant an extension of the time for the 

 beginning or completion of said work. (Laws '93, p. 242, sec. 

 3; sec. 8102 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 237 Pierce.) 



Cited: 20 Wash. 279; 35 Wash. 507. 

 SEC. 290. COMMISSIONER'S CERTIFICATE LIEN. 



Upon the completion of the work, provided for by said con- 

 tract, or any part thereof, capable of separate use for the pur- 

 poses of navigation, according to the terms and conditions of 

 said contract, and within the time provided therein, or such fur- 

 ther extension of time as may have been granted by virtue of the 

 preceding section, the Commissioner of Public Lands shall issue 

 his certificate to the contracting parties, or their assigns, show- 

 ing the actual cost of the filling in and raising above high tide 

 of all tide and shore lands so filled in and raised above high tide 

 by such completion of said work, or such separate portion there- 

 of, and specifying and describing, with reasonable certainty, the 

 lands so filled in and raised above high tide. Upon the filing in 

 the office of the county auditior of the county or counties in 

 which such lands are situated, of such certificate of the Commis- 

 sioner of Public Lands, said contracting parties shall acquire a 

 lien, and the same shall thereupon attach, for the amount speci- 

 fied in such certificate, with fifteen per cent, additional thereon, 

 and with interest on such amount and additional percentage 

 from the date of such certificate at the rate of eight per cent, 

 per annum until payment: Provided, however, That such lien 

 shall not be operative for an amount exceeding the cost of the 

 work as stated in the contract, or, as the case may be, such por- 

 tion of said stated cost as shall be proportionate to the part of 

 the work with reference to which the certificate has issued, upon 

 the bonds [lands] specified in such certificate. Such lien shall not 

 be in solido, and upon the sale by the state to any person, or by 

 any owner claiming under the state to any other person, of any 

 of the tide and shore lands specified in such certificate, the lien 



