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[213] CHAPTER 116. [H. B. 468. SURVEY OF PROPOSED STATE ROADS. AN ACT providing for the survey of certain proposed state roads, by the State Highway Commissioner, and a report on the feasibility of the same. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington:

SECTION 1. That the State Highway Commissioner is hereby authorized and it is made his duty to cause an examination, and if necessary a survey to be made to determine the feasibility and utility of the following described proposed State roads, and to make a report of all facts concerning the same to the Legislature of the State of Washington at its next biennial session.

1st. A road and bridge connecting the county roads of Island and Skagit counties.

2d. A road beginning at Hoodsport in Mason county, and running thence by the most practicable route to Duckabush in Jefferson county.

3d. A road beginning at Woodland in Cowlitz county; thence up the north bank of the Lewis river, following as nearly as practicable the county road, and continuing on up the north bank of said river to the mouth of the Big Muddy, a tributary of Lewis river in Skamania county.

4th. A road beginning at a convenient point at or near the limits of Leavenworth, in Chelan county, to connect with a highway entering said city; running thence by the most feasible route along or near the course of Icicle creek to or near the headwaters of said creek; thence by the most practicable route over the divide of the mountains by Icicle Pass; thence southerly by a feasible course to or along the North Fork of the Clealum river in Kittitas county, to connect with the wagon road running up and along said Clealum river.

5th. A state wagon road in the counties of Garfield and Asotin, beginning at the point where the present county road intersects the north line of the northeast quarter of section four, in township nine, north of range [214] forty-two, east of the Willamette Meridian in Garfield county, the State of Washington, running thence in a southerly course by the most feasible route along the divide between the watershed of the Tucannon river and the watershed of Pataha creek and the divide between the watershed of Tucannon river and the watershed of Asotin creek, to the summit of the Blue mountains, near what is known as Summit springs; thence by the most feasible route southerly, to the divide between the watersheds of Wenatchee creek and Grouse creek, thence following this divide southwesterly to intersect the Asotin county road near the upper crossing of Grouse creek at or near the line between sections five and six in township six, north of range forty-three, east of the Willamette Meridian in Asotin county, State of Washington.

Passed the House March 1st, 1907. Passed the Senate March 6th, 1907. Approved by the Governor March 11th, 1907.

[294] CHAPTER 149. [S. B. 139.] STATE HIGHWAYS. AN ACT creating a state highway board and the office of state highway commissioner, fixing his compensation, prescribing their duties and providing for the survey, establishment, construction, maintenance and repair of state highways, and providing for the expenditure of moneys appropriated by the state or counties for the survey, establishment, construction, building, maintenance and repair of state highways, and making an appropriation therefor, and repealing sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of chapter 174, Session Laws 1905, approved March 13, 1905, and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington:

SECTION 1. There is hereby created the office of State Highway Commissioner and a State Highway Board.

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[308] CHAPTER 151. [H. B. 467.] PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE ROADS AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN STATE ROADS. AN ACT providing for the establishment, construction and maintenance of state roads and making appropriations for state roads heretofore established. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington:

SECTION 1. The term State Aid Roads shall be construed to mean improved roads constructed along the main lines of travel, the cost of which is distributed between the state and any county. The term State Roads shall be construed to mean roads constructed in the sparsely settled and [309] mountainous regions of the state, the entire expense of engineering and construction being borne by the state and paid for out of the highway fund.

SEC. 2. No road shall hereafter be established as a [state road until the same shall have been examined and if necessary surveyed, and shall have been]? found to be feasible, and of public utility, and all the facts concerning its feasibility and utility have been reported to the State Legislature by the State Highway Board.

SEC. 3. The following described roads are hereby declared to be state roads and shall be known and described as hereinafter set forth.

SEC. 4. State Road No. 1, or the White River-Natches road: This road shall begin at a point on the west side of section 9 in township 19, north of range 7, east W. M., in King county, Washington, and shall run thence by the most practicable route to the summit of the Cascade mountains near the head of American river; thence down the valley of the American river in Yakima county, as nearly as practicable as now surveyed, to the point where it will intersect State Road No. 5, otherwise known as the Cowlitz Pass road.

State Road No. 2, or the Newport-Orient Road: This road shall begin at the town of Newport in Stevens county, Washington, and shall run thence down the west bank of the Pend d'Orielle river to Tiger, or a point in that vicinity; thence by the most practicable route to Colville; thence to Marcus; thence by the most practicable route to Orient in Ferry county, Washington.

State Road No. 3, or the Chelan-Skagit Road: This road shall begin at a point where the present wagon road running north from Leavenworth to Lake Wenatchee in Chelan county crosses the north boundary line of the northwest quarter of section 5, township 26, north range 18, east W. M., and shall run thence along the present constructed state road and surveyed state road line to the mouth of Phelps creek; thence by the most practicable route to the summit of the Cascade mountains; thence from said Summit to the headwaters of Suiattle creek in Snohomish county; thence over and along the most practicable [310] route to connect with the Sauk-Darrington County road in Skagit county.

State Road No. 4, or the Sans Poil-Loomis Road: This road shall begin at the mouth of the Sans Poil creek on the Columbia river, and run thence as nearly as practicable over the present road to the city of Republic in Ferry county, Washington, and thence from said city of Republic over the present traveled road as nearly as may be practicable to the town of Loomis, in Okanogan county, Washington.

State Road No. 5, or the Cowlitz-Natches road: This road shall begin at a point in the center of the public highway running from the town of Napavine to Klickitat prairie in Lewis county, Washington, at the point nearest to the southeast corner of section 10, in township 12, north of range 1 east W. M., and shall run thence over the present surveyed line on such state road, by the way of Klicitat[sic] prairie and Riffe postoffice up the Cowlitz river and its tributaries, and over the summit of the Cascade mountains at the Carlton pass; thence over such surveyed line for said road down Bumping river and the Natches river to a point which bears south 73 degrees and 24 minutes east and is 2356 feet distant from the corner of sections 27, 28, 33 and 34, in township 15, north range 16, east W. M., in Yakima county, Washington.

State Road No. 6, or the Waterfront road: This road shall begin on the public road at a point one mile north of that point where the same intersects the north line of Skagit county in section 6, township 36, north range 3 east, W. M., and shall run thence southerly by the most practicable route to connect with the public road at the Blanchard slough in Skagit county, Washington.

State Road No. 7, or the Snoqualmie Pass road: This road shall begin at North Bend in King county, Washington, and run thence by the most practicable route to the summit of the Cascade mountains at the Snoqualmie pass; thence over the line as surveyed for the said road as nearly as practicable to Easton, in Kittitas county.

State Road No. 8, or the Columbia River road: This road shall begin at the town of Washougal in Clarke [311] county, Washington, and run thence over the line as surveyed for such state road through Clarke and Skamania counties, and thence over the most practicable route to the town of Goldendale, in Klickitat county.

State Road No. 9, or the Montesano-Port Angeles road: This road shall begin at the city of Montesano in Chehalis county, Washington, and shall run westerly to Aberdeen; thence to Hoquiam; thence over the county road to Humptulips; thence northerly to Quinault postoffice; thence northerly to Bogachiel in Jefferson county, following as nearly as practicable the line as now surveyed for said state road; thence northerly to Forks, in Clallam county; thence northeasterly over the county road as nearly as practicable to Beaver; thence by the most practicable route to Port Angeles, in Clallam county, Washington.

State Road No. 10, or the Wenatchee-Oroville road: This road shall begin at the lower bridge on the Wenatchee river in Chelan county, Washington, and shall run thence over the present constructed state road to the forty-eight mile post; thence by the most practicable route to the town of Pateros, in Okanogan county; thence over the present constructed county road as nearly as practicable through the towns of Brewster and Alma, and thence by the most practicable route to the north line of Okanogan county, Washington.

State Road No, 11, or the Skagit River road: This road shall begin at Marblemount in Skagit county, Washington, and shall run thence in a northerly direction up the Skagit river by the most practicable route to make connection with the present wagon road near the mouth of Mill creek; thence by the most practicable route to Barron, in Whatcom county, Washington.

State Road No. 12, or the Methow-Barron road: This road shall begin in the county road on the south side of and near the mouth of the Methow river, and shall follow as nearly as practicable the present surveyed line for such road, to a point opposite the town of Twisp; thence by the most practicable route to the town of Winthrop; thence up the south fork of the Methow river valley and over the summit of the Cascade Mountains, by the most [312] practicable route, to Barron, in Whatcom county, Washington.

State Road No. 13, or the Cascade Wagon road: The following changes shall be made in the old location of certain portions of said road, viz.: Beginning at the town of Twisp in Okanogan county and running thence by the most practicable route to the county seat at Conconully; also beginning at the city of Republic and running thence by the most practicable route to the Columbia river in the vicinity of the mouth of Sherman creek. The old locations of these sections of said road between such points having proved impracticable.

SEC. 5. For the purpose of constructing the state roads described in section four of this act and making the necessary surveys for the proposed new state roads, there is hereby appropriated out of the state highway fund, the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000), to be apportioned as hereinafter provided, to-wit:

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Passed the House March 1st, 1907. Passed the Senate March 6th, 1907. Approved by the Governor March 13th, 1907.