State ex rel. Puget Mill Co. v. Superior Court

Citations

• 68 Wash. 425
• 123 P. 791
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1306

Syllabus

<p>Navigable Waters — Districts—Actions—Eminent Domain. Under Laws 1911, p. 11, § 1, giving a commercial waterway district the right to sue and be sued in the name of its hoard of commissioners, the commissioners may institute condemnation proceedings in their own name for the construction of a waterway.</p> <p>Constitutional Law — Class Legislation ■— Statutes — General Application. Laws 1911, p. 11, providing for the organization of commercial waterway districts, prescribing the duties and powers of the commissioners and the court procedure, being a general act applicable alike to all citizens upon the same terms, is not unconstitutional as a special or private law or granting special privileges to a class of citizens.</p> <p>Statutes — Scope—Subject and Titles. The act of 1911, p. 11, providing for the organization of commercial waterway districts, prescribing the powers and duties of the commissioners, and the court procedure is not unconstitutional as embracing more than one subject, the act being sufficiently broad to embrace all matters included, which are all germane to the general subject.</p> <p>Navigable Waters — Districts—Establishment—Powers oe Commissioners — Proceedings —■ Statutes — Construction. The act of 1911, p. 11, providing for commercial waterway districts, requiring the petition for the establishment of a proposed district to contain a brief description of the proposed system of waterways, with the proper spurs or branches, if any, and the termini thereof, does not limit the power of the commissioners in establishing a district as to the exact work to be done; since the act authorizes the commissioners to improve any and all rivers . . . located within the district and to initiate definite improvements without limitation by the brief description in the petition.</p> <p>Navigable Waters — Districts— Establishment — Proceedings— Service op Process — Necessity. Under Laws of 1911, p. 11, § 14, providing for the establishment of a commercial wate