STATE LAND LAWS 



SECS. 318-320 APPRAISEMENT PLATTED TIDE LANDS. 



flicts with former plats necessarily vacates the former plats and all streets in 

 conflict with the later plat : Henry v. Seattle, 42 Wash. 420. 



This act has no application to a contract made subsequently to the legal va- 

 cation of such streets, id. 



SEC. 318. DEVOLUTION OF POWERS OF BOARD. 



The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon the Board 

 of State Land Commissioners by section 317 shall be possessed 

 and exercised by any other board or officer who may hereafter 

 succeed to the jurisdiction and powers, in respect to tide lands, 

 now possessed by the State Board of Land Commissioners. (Laws 

 '97, p. 31, sec. 2; sec. 6781 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 255 Pierce.) 

 SEC. 319. PLATTING AND APPRAISEMENT OF TIDE LANDS. 



Whenever any harbor lines or harbor areas shall have been 

 established as is provided for in section 306 hereof, it shall be 

 the duty of said commission to plat and appraise any unsold 

 and unplatted tide or shore lands lying between said harbor 

 area and the adjacent upland. (Laws '07, p. 738, sec. ; sec. 

 6770 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 123 Pierce.) 



First class tide lands defined: sec. 87, ante. 



Immediate appraisement of lands proposed to be filled: sec. 295, 

 ante. 



SEC. 320. APPRAISEMENT OF TIDE LANDS AND IMPROVE- 

 MENTS. 



In appraising said lands said commissian shall appraise each 

 lot, tract or piece of land separately, and shall enter in a well 

 bound book a description of the lot, tract or piece of land, its 

 full appraised value, the area and the rate per acre at which it is 

 appraised ; and if said lot is covered in whole or in part by im- 

 provements in actual use for commerce, trade or business, on or 

 prior to March 26, 1890, the said commission shall designate 

 the owner of said improvements, of what they consist, the area of 

 land covered by them, the portion of each lot, tract or piece of 

 land and the appraised value of the land covered thereby with 

 and exclusive of the improvements. (Laws '97, p. 248, sec. 41 ; 



sec. 6746 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 131 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '89-'90, p. 432, sees. 3-5-6; Laws '95, p. 550, 

 sec. 54. 



Improver's preference right to purchase: sec. 92 et seq., ante. 



Notice of appraisement: sec. 324, post. 



Cited : 14 Wash. 425 ; 17 Wash. 661 ; 38 Wash. 362 ; 42 Wash. 421. 



