RCW 89.12.140
Subdivision and sale of state lands in reclamation project.
The commissioner of public lands of the state of Washington is authorized to cooperate with the secretary of the interior of the United States with a view to facilitate the execution of plans approved by the secretary of the interior for subdivision and disposal of lands under federal reclamation projects constructed or to be constructed under the provisions of the act of congress of June 17, 1902, (32 Stat., 388) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto in farm units bounded by lines considered more economical and convenient for irrigation and reclamation than the lines of legal subdivisions and for such purpose is authorized to cause to be prepared and filed a plat or plats of any state lands in any such federal reclamation project showing said state lands subdivided into blocks, lots or farm units, with boundary lines other than those of legal subdivisions, and located with a view to greater convenience, economy or efficiency in irrigation and reclamation, and such subdivision into lots, blocks or farm units may be made in harmony with any general plan approved by the secretary of the interior for subdivision of the lands of any such federal reclamation project or any part or division of any such project into blocks, lots or farm units with boundary lines other than the boundary lines of legal subdivisions and designed for more convenient, economical or efficient reclamation and irrigation. And the commissioner of public lands is authorized to offer for sale and to sell such state lands, in the lots, blocks or farm units designated on such plat or plats instead of offering and selling the same in the legal subdivisions of the U.S. public land surveys.
[ 1927 c 246 § 1; RRS § 7402-280.]
NOTES:
Severability—1927 c 246: "Sections 1 and 2 of this act are each declared to be separable from the remainder of the act, and, should either of said sections be held unconstitutional or void, the remainder of the act shall nevertheless remain effective and in such event such unconstitutional section shall be eliminated without affecting the remainder of the act." [ 1927 c 246 § 3.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement
Chapter 89.12 - Reclamation and Irrigation Districts in Reclamation Areas.
89.12.030 - Applicability and purpose of chapter.
89.12.040 - Units and legal subdivisions authorized—Size—Plats—Excess land.
89.12.050 - Contracts with United States—Permissible provisions.
89.12.060 - Covenants running with the land—Contract provisions to govern.
89.12.080 - Instruments may be filed—Filing imparts notice.
89.12.090 - State lands in district—State consent to assessment, conditions.
89.12.100 - State lands—Terms and conditions of sale.
89.12.110 - County lands—Contracts with United States.
89.12.120 - Acceptance of federal act—Assessment and taxation authorized.
89.12.131 - Adoption of Columbia Basin project act—Revocation of state's consent.
89.12.140 - Subdivision and sale of state lands in reclamation project.
89.12.150 - Exchange of state and federal lands.
89.12.170 - Columbia Basin project—Authorization for agreements to allocate water—Conditions.
89.12.180 - Reports to legislature regarding activities under RCW 89.12.170.
89.12.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.