STATE LAND LAWS 

 HOQUIAM TIDE LANDS. SECS. 477-478 



authorized and instructed and it is hereby made its duty, as soon as 

 practicable hereafter, to cause the tide lands in front of the said city, 

 between the tide lands set out on said plats and the inner harbor line 

 as located and established under section 475 to be surveyed, platted 

 and appraised. Such survey and plats shall be made as nearly as may 

 be practical in conformity with the general laws of this state relating 

 to the survey and plats of tide lands, and shall be made as nearly 

 as may be in conformity with the surveys and plats of tide lands in 

 front of the said city of Hoquiam heretofore deposited in the offices 

 of the State Land Commissioner and the county auditor. All plats 

 shall be made in duplicate and one shall be filed in the office of the 

 State Land Commissioner and one in the office of the auditor of 

 Chehalis county. (Laws '03, p. 44, sec. 2.) 



SEC. 477. HOQUIAM RECORD OF APPRAISAL. 



Report of the appraisement of the tide lands authorized by section 

 476 shall be made in duplicate, one of each shall be filed with the 

 State Commissioner of Public Lands and one with the auditor of 

 Chehalis county. (Laws '03, p. 44, sec. 3.) 



SEC. 478. HOQUIAM PREFERENCE RIGHTS HARBOR AREA. 



The owner or owners of land abutting or fronting upon any of the 

 tide lands in section 476 authorized to be surveyed, platted and ap- 

 praised shall have the right for sixty days following the filing of the 

 final appraisement and plat of such tide lands with the State Land 

 Commissioner 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 in actual use prior to February 1st, 1903, for commerce, 

 trade, residence or business have been made upon said tide lands 

 hereinbefore authorized to be platted, surveyed and appraised, by 

 any person, association, corporation, the owner or owners of such 

 improvements shall have the exclusive right to apply for the purchase 

 of the lands so improved for the period aforesaid: Provided further, 

 That when the abutting upland owner has attempted to convey by 

 deed to a bona fide purchaser any portion of the tide lands heretofore 

 surveyed, platted and appraised, the right to purchase being given 

 to such upland owner, shall be considered to apply 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 preference right hereby given to purchase any tide lands abutting 

 or bordering on the harbor area shall carry with it the preference 

 right to lease the harbor area in front of such tide land: Provided, 

 That the person applying for said preference right or purchase of tide 

 lands shall, within the period limited for exercise of his preference 

 right to purchase tide lands, also apply to lease the harbor area in 

 front of said tide lands. (Laws '03, p. 44, sec. 4.) 



