Port of Everett v. Everett Improvement Co.

— The legislature of the state of Washington, at its biennial session of 1911, authorized the establishment in the various counties of this state of “Port Districts, for the acquirement, construction, maintenance, operation, development and regulation of a system of harbor improvements, and rail and water transfer and terminal facilities within such district.” Laws of 1911, p. 412; Rem. Comp. Stat., §§ 9688-9718.

Section 9692 of the act provides:. “All port districts organized under the provisions of this act shall be and are hereby authorized to acquire by purchase or condemnation, or both,…