ACTS OF CONGRESS 359 



HOQUIAM PARK. SEC. 639 



consent is hereby given to the State of Oregon to cede all such islands, 

 sands, tracts or parcels of land lying on the Washington side of the 

 line so fixed and determined to be the boundary line between said states, 

 and consent is given to the State of Washington to cede to the State of 

 Oregon all such islands, sands, tracts or parcels of land lying on the 

 Oregon side of the line so fixed as the boundary line between said 

 states. And thereafter said line so fixed shall become and be recognized 

 as the true boundary line between said states. (Res. June 10, '10; 36 

 Stat. L., p. 881; Comp. Stat, '11 Supp., p. 486.) 



Boundaries defined : Const., Art. XXIV, sec. 1, ante. 



Provisions for boundary commission : Laws '09, p. 1039. 



The middle of the north channel of the Columbia river, described as the 

 boundary in the act of Congress admitting Oregon into the Union (11 Stat. L. 

 383), remains the boundary, subject to changes resulting from accretion; and 

 the boundary does not shift to another channel which has become more im- 

 portant and generally called the main channel ; Washington v. Oregon, 211 U. S. 

 127; 214 U. S. 205. (53 L. Ed., 118-969.) 



SEC. 639. SCHOOL LANDS FOR HOQUIAM PARK. 



The southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 36, town- 

 ship 18 north, range 10 west, and the southeast quarter, and the south- 

 east quarter of the northeast quarter, section 16, township 17 north, 

 range 9 west, in Chehalis county, granted to the State of Washington for 

 educational purposes, may, under such rules and regulations as the 

 legislature of the said state may prescribe, be leased for public park 

 purposes for such term as said legislature may fix, anything in the 

 enabling act of said state to the contrary notwithstanding. (Act Ap'l 

 24, '12; 37 Stat L., p. 90.) 



This section modifies sec. 585, ante. 



