Barbee Mill Co. v. State

Our enabling act granted ninety thousand acres of land to the state of Washington for the support of agricultural colleges. The land was to be selected with the approval of the secretary of the interior in such a manner as the legislature would provide. The legislature implemented the enabling act by appropriate legislation, Laws of 1895, chapter 178, § 11, p. 531, as amended by Laws of 1897, chapter 89, § 10, p. 234 (Rem. Rev. Stat., § 7840), under the terms of which “Selection Lists” of land descriptions were to be prepared in triplicate. One copy was to be transmitted to the secretary of…