STATE LAND LAWS 

 IMPROVEMENT OF WATERWAYS. SECS. 292-294 



SEC. 292. BULKHEADS AND DEPTHS OF WATERWAYS. 



All contracts provided for herein shall specify the character 

 of all bulkheads and other restraining works and be accompanied 

 by drawings and specifications of the same, and the Commis- 

 sioner of Public Lands shall be the judge of the sufficiency there- 

 of, and of the minimum depth to which any waterway shall be ex- 

 cavated, in order to make the same useful for the purposes of 

 commerce and navigation. (Laws '93, p. 245, sec. 7; sec. 8106 

 Rem.-BaL; 477 sec. 245 Pierce.) 



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

 SEC. 293. EXPENSES CHARGEABLE AS COST OF FILLING. 



In ascertaining the cost of filling in and raising above high 

 tide of any tide or shore lands, the cost of all bulkheads, and 

 other restraining works, and the cost of filling in and raising 

 above high tide of all streets, alleys and public squares or places, 

 shall be apportioned to the lands benefited thereby, in addition 

 to the cost of filling in such lands. (Laws '93, p. 245, sec. 8; 

 sec. 8107 Rem.-BaL; 477 sec. 247 Pierce.) 



Cited: 20 Wash. 276; 35 Wash. 507; 60 Wash. 344; 64 Wash. 418; 70 

 Wash. 560. 



Where the platting of the tide lands was contemplated at the time the 

 contract was made, and they were subsequently platted and sold, the cost of 

 filling streets and alleys is to be added and charged to abutting lots : Bussell 

 v. Ross, 64 Wash. 418 ; Richards v. Bussell, 70 Wash. 554. 



SEC. 294. WAYS AND LOCKS WHEN FREE. 



All waterways excavated through any tide or shore lands be- 

 longing to the State of Washington by virtue of the provisions 

 of this chapter, so far as they run through said tide or shore 

 lands, are hereby declared to be public waterways, free to all 

 citizens upon equal terms, and subject to the jurisdiction of the 

 proper authorities, as provided by law: Provided, That where 

 tide gates or locks are considered, by the contracting parties 

 excavating any waterways, to be necessary to the efficiency of 

 the same, the Commissioner of Public Lands may, in his discre- 

 tion, authorize such tide gates or locks to be constructed and 

 may authorize the parties constructing the same to operate 

 them and collect a reasonable toll from vessels passing through 

 said tide gates or locks: Provided further, That the State of 



