298 STATE LAND LAWS 



SEC. 493 LAKES WASHINGTON AND UNION. 



the passage of this act,* and not later than July 1, 1907, establish 

 harbor lines in Lakes Washington and Union, situated in King county, 

 Washington, in front of the city of Seattle, as the corporate limits shall 

 at that time be established, and including also the city of Columbia in 

 the event said city be not at that time consolidated with the city of 

 Seattle, and to extend such harbor lines such distance on either side from 

 the said corporate limits of the said city of Seattle as required by any 

 existing law; and to survey, plat, examine and appraise such shore 

 lands of the first class within or in front of the limits of said city of 

 Seattle and the city of Columbia if the said city be not then consolidated 

 with the city of Seattle, and within two miles of said city of Seattle 

 on either side, said establishment of said harbor lines, survey, platting, 

 examination and appraisal shall [to] be done and performed in the 

 mode and manner and in compliance with any existing law of this 

 state, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act: Provided, how- 

 ever, That the State Board of Tax Commissioners, together with the 

 Attorney General, shall act with the Board of State Land Commis- 

 sioners in appraising said shore lands. After the establishment of said 

 harbor lines and the survey, platting, examination and appraisal as 

 aforesaid, a copy of the plat and record thereof, as required by existing 

 law, shall be deposited with the county auditor of King county, 

 Washington, and another copy shall be delivered to the Commissioner 

 of Public Lands of this state, and the same shall be filed and safely kept 

 as required by law, and before delivering said plat and record to the 

 Commissioner of Public Lands the notice shall be given as required 

 by law, and the same shall be subject to inspection and appeal from 

 said appraisement fixed by said commission, and all other proceedings 

 be and remain the same as now provided by law, except as may be 

 changed or altered by this act.* (Laws '07, p. 4, sec. 1.) 



*Secs. 492-496. 



Platting and appraisal, generally : sec. 306 et seq., ante. 



Cited : 54 Wash. Ill ; 215 U. S. 73. 



SEC. 493. SAME APPLICATION TO PURCHASE. 



Within twenty days following the filing of the final appraisal of said 

 shore lands with the Commissioner of Public Lands, the owner or 

 owners of lands abutting or fronting upon said shore lands, and all other 

 persons, firms, or corporations having the preference right of pur- 

 chase, as provided by any existing law of this state, may apply for the 

 purchase of said shore lands in the mode and manner required or 

 authorized by any existing law of this state, except as modified or 

 amended by the provision of this act.* Such application shall be in 

 writing and filed within said twenty days, and if at the end of said 

 twenty days there shall be no conflicting applications filed, the applicant 

 shall be deemed to have the right of purchase. And if at the expiration 

 of said twenty days two or more applications shall have been filed for 

 any tract conflicting with each other, such proceedings shall be had 



