ADOPTING OFFICIAL COMPILATION OF STATUTES. AN ACT to adopt Remington & Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington as an official compilation, and declar- Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: SECTION 1. The compilation of the Session Laws of the State of Washington, arranged and compiled by Richard A. Ballinger and Arthur Remington, and known as Remington & Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Washington, is hereby adopted as an official compilation of existing statutes of the state up to and including the SEC. 2. It shall be proper for the legislature, in amend- ing or repealing existing statutes, and for the courts in referring to existing statutes, to refer to or cite Reming- ton & Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Wash- SEC. 3. An emergency exists and this act shall take Passed the Senate January 24, 1911. Passed the House January 30, 1911. Approved by the Governor February 1, 1911. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: SECTION 1. That a last will and testament, executed without this state in the mode prescribed by the law, either is made of the place where executed or of the testator's domicile, shall be deemed to be legally executed, and shall be of the same force and effect as if executed in the mode prescribed by the laws of this state: Provided, Said last will and tes- tament is in writing and subscribed by the testator. Passed the Senate January 16, 1911. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: SECTION 1. Whenever any legal holiday, other than Sunday, shall fall upon any Sunday, the day next follow- Holiday Passed the Senate January 30, 1911. VALIDATING ORGANIZATION AND CREATION OF COM- AN ACT to legalize and validate the organization, establishment and creation of commercial waterway districts organized, or established, or created, or attempted to be organized or estab- lished or created under an act approved August 17th, 1909, en- titled "An act relating to the establishment and creation of commercial waterway districts, and the construction and main- tenance of a system of commercial waterways, including the straightening, deepening and widening of rivers, watercourses and streams and the protection of the banks thereof, and dis- posing of the interests of the state in the beds and shores of navigable waters, and to provide for the means of payment thereof, and declaring an emergency," and to legalize and vali- date existing contracts and obligations of such districts and bonds and other obligations executed or incurred in connec- tion with or in pursuance of such attempted organization or establishment, and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: SECTION 1. The organization, establishment and crea- tion of all commercial waterway districts in this state here- tofore had, or made, or attempted under the provisions of chapter 8 of the Laws of the Extraordinary Session of 1909, approved August 17th, 1909, entitled "An act re- lating to the establishment and creation of commercial waterway districts, and the construction and maintenance of a system of commercial waterways, including the straightening, deepening and widening of rivers, water- courses and streams and the protection of the banks thereof, and disposing of the interests of the state in the beds and shores of navigable waters, and to provide for the means of payment thereof, and declaring an emergency," under which attempted organization, establishment or creation, an organized district has been maintained since the date of such attempted organization, establishment or creation is Declared ganized, established and created. And all debts, contracts act. SEC. 2. An emergency exists and this act shall take Emergency. effect immediately. Passed the Senate January 30, 1911. Passed the House February 2, 1911. Approved by the Governor February 8, 1911. CHAPTER 11. RELATING TO COMMERCIAL WATERWAY DISTRICTS. AN ACT relating to all commercial waterway districts, providing for their establishment, organization and creation, prescribing the powers, duties and authority of all commercial waterway districts, whether organized or validated under this act or organized or validated by virtue of any other act, authorizing all steps and proceedings or organizations which may have been had or taken under the commercial waterway act of 1909 approved August 17, 1909, to be continued and carried out under the provisions hereof, providing for the construction and maintenance of and means of payment for a system of commercial waterways, including the straightening, deepening and widening of rivers, water courses and streams, providing for the protection of the banks thereof, and disposing of the interests of the state in the beds and shores of navigable waters, authorizing municipal corporations to advance funds in aid of commercial waterway districts, validating and legalizing the organization and establishment of commercial waterway districts organized or established, or attempted to be organized or established under the act of the legislature ap [This act is supplemental to chap. 10 supra, and is intended to cover defects in Act of Aug. 17, 8212, Rem.1909, $$8166Bal., as found in State ex rel. Bussell V. Abraham et al., decided [See note to title.] Commissioners possess power. Right to sue. Commissioners make all contracts. Petition presented and filed. Route of construction. proved August 17, 1909, on the subject of commercial waterways, and legalizing and validating existing contracts and obligations of such districts, and official bonds and other obligations executed in connection with, or in pursuance of, such attempted organization, and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: SECTION 1. Any county or portion of a county requiring commercial waterways may be organized into a commercial waterway district, and when so organized such district, and the board of commissioners hereinafter provided for, shall have and possess the power herein conferred, or that may hereafter be conferred by law upon such district and board of commissioners, and said district shall be known and designated as commercial waterway district No. ....of the county of... the State of Washington, and shall have the right to sue and be sued by and in the name of its board of commissioners hereinafter provided for, and shall have perpetual succession, and shall adopt and use a seal. The commissioners hereinafter provided for, and their successors in office, shall, from the time of the organization of such commercial waterway district, have the power, and it shall be their duty to manage and conduct the business and affairs of the district; make and execute all necessary contracts, employ and appoint such agents, officers and employes as may be required, and prescribe their duties, and perform such other acts as hereinafter provided, or that may hereafter be provided by law. SEC. 2. For the purpose of the formation of such waterway district a petition shall be presented to and filed with the board of county commissioners of the county in which said proposed commercial waterway district is located, which petition shall set forth the object for the creation of said district; shall designate the boundaries thereof and set forth therein the area of land to be benefited by the proposed commercial waterway system, and shall also contain the names of all freeholders residing within said proposed district, so far as known, and shall contain a brief description of the proposed system of waterways, route over which |