Board of State Land Commissioners
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- Jan 16, 1895The Governor's 1895 Warning: Washington Is Spending Itself Into DebtA message to the legislature tallies a looming deficit, runaway appropriations and a public-land system under pressure — while urging lawmakers to lease harbor areas cheaply and defend taxpayers.Olympia, WA
- Jan 18, 1895Three Bickering Land Departments, Millions in Tide Lands, and a Demand for AnswersA state land commissioner admits the tide-land situation is 'chaotic in the extreme' and calls for a no-whitewash legislative probe — warning that divided authority is an open door to corruption.Olympia, WA
- Feb 23, 1895Who Controls Washington's Tide Flats? A Sweeping Land Bill Lands in OlympiaA new Senate measure would strip power from county appraisers and put the state's school, tide, shore and harbor lands under one powerful board—starting with Seattle's waterfront.Olympia, WA
- Mar 12, 1895Washington's Public Lands Were Run by a Patchwork. Reformers Wanted One Powerful Board.A joint legislative committee concludes that county tide-land boards, roving land cruisers and district attorneys have wasted public money, and recommends a three-member state land board to manage school and tide lands.Olympia, WA
- Apr 18, 1895Seattle's Waterfront Was Up for Grabs — and Everyone Filed a ClaimWith the tide-land plats at last filed, hundreds of buyers have staked overlapping claims across Elliott Bay, and officials are predicting years of litigation over who really owns the shore.Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA
- Apr 30, 1895The State Tried to Plat Their IslandsBrawley and Kinnear went to court to stop a state tide-land plat from turning 140 acres of Elliott Bay into lots and streets.Seattle, WA
- May 2, 1895The Tide Land Freeze: Ballard’s Waterfront Plats Go to CourtA judge restrains appraisers from filing supplemental tide-land plats as landowners, the state land commission and the county auditor fight over who controls the shore.Seattle, WA
- Sep 2, 1915The State’s $12 Million Land SwapA major administrative agreement aims to consolidate state school lands from forest reserves to boost timber revenue.Kennewick, WA