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SECS. 302-303 REPLATS SALES OF STBEETS. 



determined from the plat already filed as provided by law it shall 

 not be necessary to survey said street, alley or other public place 

 so vacated, but the area thereof may be determined from such 

 plat already filed. (Laws '03, p. 239, sec. 3; sec. 6664* Rem.- 



Bal.; 477 sec. 47 Pierce.) 



Vacation of tide land plats in cities: sec. 308, post. 



SEC. 302. PLATS TO BE IN DUPLICATE FILING. 



All plats provided for in this act* shall be in duplicate, and 

 within thirty days after the adoption of any such plat by the 

 Board of State Land Commissioners, one copy thereof shall be 

 filed in the office of the Commissioner of Public Lands, and one 

 copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the auditor of the 

 county in which such land shall be situated, and the same shall 

 be entered of record, notwithstanding the said maps or plats 

 may not strictly conform to the city ordinances pertaining to 

 the platting of lands adjoining said incorporated city or town. 

 (Laws '03, p. 239, sec. 4; sec. 6665 Rem.-Bal.; 477 sec. 49 

 Pierce.) 



* Sees. 299-303. 



No fees chargeable by county auditor: sec. 4068 Rem.-Bal.; Laws 

 '07, p. 107, sec. 3. 



SEC. 303. SALE PREFERENCE RIGHTS. 



From and after the filing of such plats, as hereinbefore pro- 

 vided, the lots, blocks, and other parcels into which such streets, 

 alleys, or other public places, or parts thereof so vacated shall be 

 so platted may be disposed of as provided by law in the case of 

 similar lands: Provided, That the owner or owners and other 

 persons who have a vested interest in the lands abutting on any 

 of said lots, blocks or other parcels shall have a preference right 

 for the period of sixty days from the final date of the filing of 

 such plats and of the appraising of such lots, blocks or other 

 parcels to purchase such lot, block or other parcel from the 

 State of Washington at the appraised value thereof. (Laws 



'03, p. 239, sec. 5 ; sec. 6666 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 51 Pierce.) 



Granted lands to be sold at public auction: sec. 585, post, and 

 Const., Art. XVI, sec. 2, ante. 



One who purchases platted tide or shore lands under preference right, 

 takes the fee of abutting streets : Bussell v. Ross, 64 Wash. 418. 



