§ 7580, See note to a resolution, declaring its intention to order such improve- [Amending ment, which resolution shall set forth the nature and terri- Rem.-Bal. torial extent of such proposed improvement, shall specify title, supra.] and describe the boundaries of such proposed improvement district and notify all persons who may desire to object thereto to appear and present such objections at a meeting. of the council specified in such resolution and directing the board of public works, or other proper board, officer or authority of such city, to submit to such council at or prior to the date fixed for such hearing the estimated cost and expense of such improvement, and a statement of the proportionate amount thereof which should be borne by the property within the proposed improvement district, and a statement of the aggregate assessed valuation of the real property exclusive of improvements, within said district, according to the valuation last placed upon it for purposes of general taxation. Such resolution shall be published in at least two (2) consecutive issues of the official newspaper Publish of such city, the date of the first publication to be at least thirty days prior to the date fixed by such resolution for hearing before such council. resolution. council. Upon such hearing, or upon any adjournment thereof, such council shall have power to amend, change, extend, or contract the boundaries of such proposed improvement district as specified in such resolution, and to consider and determine all matters in relation to such proposed improve- Power of ment, and, upon the conclusion of such hearing, or any adjournment thereof, shall have power by ordinance to order such improvement to be made and to adopt, fix and establish the boundaries of the improvement district. The action of such council in ordering such improvement, or in abandoning the same, and in fixing and establishing the boundaries of such improvement district shall be final and conclusive. Any such ordinance may be passed upon ma- Majority jority vote of the council or other legislative body of such required. city. Such ordinance may provide for the construction of such improvement in sections, the letting of separate contracts for each such section, and, in case the same is vote Shall hear objections. Emergency. made in sections, separate assessment rolls to defray the cost and expense of any such section of such improvement may be prepared, and the amounts thereon appearing as finally determined, may be levied and assessed against real property within such improvement district. The provisions of law, charter and ordinance of any such city, relating to supplemental assessments, re-assessments and omitted property shall be applicable to any improvement authorized in this act. The city council, or other legislative body of such city, shall by general ordinance, make provision for hearing any objections in writing, to any assessment roll for such improvement filed with the city clerk or comptroller at a prior date to the hearing thereon. Any right of appeal to the superior court now provided by law to be taken from any local improvement assessment levied and assessed by any such city, may be exercised, within the time and in the manner therein provided, by any person so objecting to any assessment levied and assessed for any improvement authorized in this act. SEC. 3. An emergency exists and this act shall take effect immediately. Passed by the Senate March 1, 1911. Passed by the House March 8, 1911. Approved by the Governor March 17, 1911. [Amending CHAPTER 104. RELATING TO THE TAKING OF FOOD FISHES. AN ACT relating to the taking of food fishes, and amending section 5187 of Remington and Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: SECTION 1. That section 5187 of Remington and Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington be amended to read as follows: Section 5187. It shall be limit. unlawful to take or fish for salmon in the waters of Grays Harbor or its tributaries from the 15th day of March to the 15th day of April, and from the 25th day of November to the 25th day of December in each year. And also it shall hereafter be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in any of the following named tributaries of Grays Harbor from the 15th day of August to the 15th day of November in each year above the points hereinafter described, to-wit: It shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in the Chehalis river above a point one-half mile below the mouth of Fishing the Wynooche river; it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon above a point one-half mile above the mouth of the Humptulips river; it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon above a point one-half mile above the mouth of the Elk river; it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon above a point one-half above the mouth of the Johns river. The fish commissioner is hereby empowered to indicate the points above which fishing may not be done as provided hereinbefore, by driving piles at the points in said streams above designated, which shall mark the points above which Mark points said fishing shall not be done. It shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in the waters of Willapa Harbor or its tributaries from the 15th day of March to the 15th day of April, and the 1st day of August to the 1st day of September and from the 5th day of December to the 5th day of January in each year. And, also, it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in any of the following tributaries of Willapa Harbor above tide-water in said rivers: North river, Willapa river, Nasel river, Palix river, Nema river, and Bear river, and for the purposes of this act the head of the tide water shall be on North river at the upper end Head of of the lower log boom; on the Willapa river, the main wagon bridge near Willapa City; on the Nasel river, the gap of the main log boom; on the Bear river, Masny's Landing; on the Nema and Palix rivers at the head of navigation for fish boats at mean low tides: Provided, That for two years next ensuing after the passage of this act, with piles. tidewater. Prohibiting Snake river. all licenses now in force above these specific points may be renewed and continued in force, but no new licenses shall be issued for fishing above these points. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent fishing with hook and line, commonly termed angling, in any of the above rivers. It shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon or sturgeon in the Columbia river or its tributaries or in any of the waters or sloughs thereof west of the north and south line between sections 14 and 15 in township 15, east of the Willamette meridian, or within three miles outside of the mouth of said Columbia river, by any means whatever in any year between 12 o'clock meridian on the 1st day of March, and 12 o'clock meridian on the 1st day of May, and between 12 o'clock meridian on the 25th day of August and 12 o'clock meridian on the 10th day of September, and between 6 o'clock p. m. on Saturday of each week and 6 o'clock p. m. on the Sunday following from the 1st day of May to the 25th day of August, both inclusive, of any year. And it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in the Columbia river or any of its tributaries easterly of the north and south line between sections 14 and 15 in township 15, east of the Willamette meridian, by any means whatever in any year between 12 o'clock meridian on the 15th day of March and 12 o'clock meridian on the the 1st day of June or between 12 o'clock meridian on the 25th day of August and 12 o'clock meridian on the 10th day of September, except the Snake river. And it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in the Snake river, or any of its tributaries, by any means whatever, in any year between 12 o'clock meridian on the 1st day of March and 12 o'clock meridian on the 1st day of June, or between 12 o'clock meridian on the 1st day of August and 12 o'clock meridian on the 5th day of September. And it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon by any means whatever, except with hook and line, commonly termed angling, in the Kalama river, Lewis river, Wind river, Little White Salmon river, Wenatchee river, Methow river, Little Spokane river, and Colville river, and in the mouths thereof, and in the Columbia river within one mile below the mouth of the above named rivers: Provided, No traps shall be located on or within three miles below the mouth of the Lewis river. It Traps. shall be unlawful at any time to take any fish with a net, trap or other device than hook and line in Chambers creek in the county of Pierce, or within two hundred and fifty yards of the mouth of said creek, and the mouth of said creek shall be construed to mean the junction where the fresh and salt waters meet at low tide. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof for each and every offense be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or may be im- Fine. prisoned in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than one year, or may be both fined and imprisoned. Passed by the Senate March 1, 1911. Passed by the House March 9, 1911. CHAPTER 105. ALLOWING FOREIGN CORPORATIONS TO LOAN MONEY AN ACT allowing foreign corporations to loan money in the state, Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: § 3346. SECTION 1. Section 1 of "An act providing for the incorporation of trust companies and defining their powers and duties," approved by the governor March 17th, 1903, being chapter 176 of Laws of Washington for the year [Amending 1903, is hereby amended so that the same shall read as fol- Rem.-Bal.] lows: Section 1. Seven or more persons of full age may become a trust company on the terms and conditions and subject to the liabilities prescribed in this act; the name of every company formed under this act shall contain the word "trust," but shall not be that of any other existing |