STATE LAND LAWS 317 



CANAL RAINIER PARK. SECS. 554-555 



SEC. 554. SAME RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT, ETC. . 



In aid of the construction, maintenance and operation of a ship canal, 

 by the United States of America, to connect the waters of Lakes Union 

 and Washington, in King county, with Puget Sound, together with all 

 necessary and convenient locks, landways, spill-ways, buildings, power 

 plant and other proper appurtenances, there is hereby granted by this 

 state to said United States the right to place, construct, maintain, 

 and operate, such ship canal, landways, spill-ways, buildings, power plant 

 and other proper appurtenances, upon, along, through and over any and 

 all lands belonging to and waters of this state in said King county within 

 such limits as shall be defined by the plans and specifications for such 

 improvement as the same shall be approved by the United States sec- 

 retary of war, and the right to raise the waters of Salmon bay and the 

 right to lower the waters of Lake Washington, in prosecution of such 

 improvement, and this state hereby releases the United States from 

 all liability to damages to this state, its successors or assigns, that 

 shall or might arise from such lowering or raising of waters, or 

 otherwise from such improvement. But nothing in this section con- 

 tained shall operate as an assumption of nor create any liability on 

 the part of the state, for any damages which may result to any person, 

 company or corporation. (Laws '01, p. 7, sec. 1; sec. 6864 Rem.-Bal.; 

 513 sec. 25 Pierce.) 



Cited : 33 Wash. 390 ; 58 Wash. 519 ; 63 Wash. 462. 



This act did not interfere with contract rights in tide and shore lands af- 

 fected : State ex rel. Busscll v. Callvert, 33 Wash. 380. 



The grant made by this section is an easement or a license coupled with an 

 interest, the grantee having expended funds on the faith thereof, and is ir- 

 revocable : Bllger v. State, 63 Wash. 457. 



Shore lands of Lake Washington sold subsequent to the approval of this act, 

 are subject to the rights thereby granted to the United States : Bilger v. State, 

 63 Wash. 457. 



SEC. 555. UNITED STATES JURISDICTION IN RAINIER NATION- 

 AL PARK. 



Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby ceded to the United States over 

 and within all the territory that is now or may hereafter be included 

 in that tract of land in the State of Washington, set aside for the 

 purposes of a national park, and known as the Rainier National Park; 

 saving, however, to the said state, the right to serve civil or criminal 

 process within the limits of the aforesaid park, in suits or prosecutions 

 for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred or crimes 

 committed in said state, but outside of said park; and saving further 

 to the said state the right to tax persons and corporations, their 

 franchises and property on the lands included in said park: Provided, 

 however, This jurisdiction shall not vest until the United States through 

 the proper officer, notifies the Governor of this state that they assume 



