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SECS. 394-395 CAREY ACT PROPOSALS. 



All of the act of '95 excepting sections 1 and 2 was amended by Laws 

 '97, p. 345. Sec. 24 of the act of '03 (Laws '03, p. 309) expressly re- 

 peals sec. 2 of the act of '95, and the remainder of the act of '03, which 

 is contained in this chapter, clearly supersedes the acts of '95 and '97. 

 As declared by sec. 384, ante, this chapter is not affected by Chap. 29, 

 ante. 



Former laws cited : 17 Wash. 629 ; 19 Wash. 331. 



SEC. 394. COMMISSIONER POWER VESTED. 



The selection, management and disposal of said lands shall be 

 vested in the Commissioner of Public Lands of the State of 

 Washington. He shall receive and file all proposals for the 

 construction of irrigation works to reclaim lands selected under 

 the provisions of this chapter, prepare and keep for public in- 

 spection, maps or plats, on a scale of two inches to the mile, of all 

 lands selected, receive entries of settlers on these lands, and hear 

 or receive the final proof of their reclamation ; and do any and 

 all work required to be done in carrying out the provisions of 

 this chapter. (Laws '03, p. 299, sec. 2; sec. 6707 Rem.-Bal. ; 

 477 sec. 305 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '95, p. 452, sec. 2. 



Selection of lands for reclamation: sees. 605-608, post. 



SEC. 395. FILING REQUEST AND PROPOSAL. 



Any person, company or association of persons, or incorpo- 

 rated company, constructing, having constructed or desiring to 

 construct ditches, canals or other navigation [irrigation] works, 

 to reclaim land under the provisions of said chapter 44, shall 

 file with the Commissioner of Public Lands a request for the 

 selection on behalf of the state by the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands of the land to be reclaimed, designating said land by legal 

 subdivision. This request shall be accompanied by a proposal to 

 construct the ditch, canal or other irrigation works necessary for 

 the complete reclamation of the lands to be selected. The pro- 

 posal shall be prepared in accordance with the rules of the Com- 

 missioner of Public Lands and with the regulations of the de- 

 partment of the interior. It shall state the source of water 

 supply, the location and dimensions of the proposed works, the 

 price and terms per acre at which perpetual water rights will 



