290 STATE LAND LAWS 



SECS. 467-468 ABERDEEN HARBOR. 



tionate areas, so that the appraisement hereby directed to be made 

 shall conform as near as may be to said former appraisement, accord- 

 ing to said record thereof so on deposit. The record of such appraise- 

 ment shall be made in duplicate, one to be filed with the State Com- 

 missioner of Public Lands and one with the auditor of Chehalis 

 county. (Laws '03, p. 24, sec. 3.) 



Former appraisement under Laws '01, p. 297. 



SEC. 467. ABERDEEN PREFERENCE RIGHTS HARBOR AREA. 



The owner or owners of lands abutting or fronting upon any of 

 the tide lands hereinbefore mentioned shall have the right, for sixty 

 (60) days following the final appraisement and plat of such tide lands 

 with the Commissioner of Public Lands, to apply for the purchase of 

 all or any portion of the tide lands in front of the lands so owned: 

 Provided, That if valuable improvements, and in actual use prior to 

 March 26, 1890, for commerce, trade, residence or business, have been 

 made upon said tide lands by any person, association or corporation, 

 the owner or owners of such improvements shall have the exclusive 

 right to apply for the purchase of lands so improved for the period 

 aforesaid: Provided further, That the owner of such improvements 

 shall have the right in all cases to purchase in addition to the tide 

 lands covered by such improvements, unoccupied and unimproved 

 tide lands adjoining such improvements sufficient for the necessary 

 and convenient use and enjoyment of such improvements and business, 

 and such right of purchase shall be prior and superior to that of the 

 upland owner or others claiming under him: And provided further, 

 That when the abutting upland owner has attempted to convey by 

 deed to a bona fide purchaser any portion of the lands in front of such 

 upland, or littoral rights therein, the right of purchase being given to 

 the upland owner shall be construed to belong to such purchaser, or any 

 person, association or corporation claiming by, through or under such 

 purchaser, to the extent of the tract or right so conveyed. The pre- 

 ference right hereby given to purchase any tide land abutting or border- 

 ing upon the harbor area shall carry with it the preference right to 

 lease the harbor area in front of such tide lands, provided that the 

 person applying for such preference right of purchase of tide lands 

 shall within the period limited for exercising his preference right to 

 purchase tide lands also apply to lease the harbor area in front of 

 such tide lands. Wherever there is no tide land between the harbor 

 area and the upland the owner of such upland shall have a like 

 preference right to lease the abutting harbor area. (Laws '03, p. 24, 

 sec. 4.) 



Former Laws : Laws '01, p. 298, sec. 3. 



SEC. 468. ABERDEEN GENERAL LAWS TO GOVERN. 



The general laws of this state in relation to the platting, appraise- 

 ment and sale of tide and shore lands and the establishment and leasing 



