STATE LAND LAWS 205 



VACATION OF STREETS. SECS. 300-301 



posed of in the manner provided in sections 68 and 69 of this 

 code: Provided, That the vacation of any such plat shall not 

 affect the vested rights of any person or persons heretofore 

 acquired therein. (Laws '03, p. 238, sec. 1 ; sec. 6662 Rem.- 

 Bal. ; 477 sec. 43 Pierce.) 



Under this and the following sections, the exclusive power to vacate plats 

 of state lands is vested in the Board of State Land Commissioners ; and county 

 commissioners have no jurisdiction to vacate, modify or amend such plats : State 

 ex rel. Ore. & Wash. R. Co. v. Abraham, 48 Wash. 215. 



SEC. 300. ENTRY OF ORDER. 



That said board in the exercise of the power and authority 

 herein* conferred shall cause the order made by said board to 

 vacate any plat or plats to be entered in the minutes of said 

 board, and at once forward a certified copy thereof to the 

 county auditor of the county wherein said platted lands are lo- 

 cated, and said auditor upon the receipt thereof shall cause the 

 same to be recorded in the miscellaneous deed records of his said 

 county. (Laws '03, p. 239, sec. 2; sec. 6663 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 

 sec. 45 Pierce.) 



* Sees. 299-303. 



County auditor not to collect fees: sec. 4068 Rem.-Bal.; Laws '07, 

 p. 107, sec. 3. 



SEC. 301. PETITION FOR VACATION OF STREETS. 



Whenever all the owners and other persons who have a vested 

 interest in the lands abutting on any street, alley or other public 

 place, or any portion thereof, in any of the state granted, tide 

 or shore lands lying outside of the limits of any incorporated 

 city or town, which have been platted, or which hereafter shall 

 be platted, shall petition the Board of State Land Commission- 

 ers, by filing a petition therefor with the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands, the Board of State Land Commissioners is authorized 

 and empowered to vacate any such street, alley or public place, 

 or part thereof, and all such streets, alleys and other public 

 places and portions thereof which shall be so vacated shall be 

 platted and appraised in the manner provided for the platting 

 and appraising of similar lands : Provided, That where the area 

 of such streets, alleys or other public places so vacated may be 



