Whenever the board of county commissioners of any such county shall
have adjudged as provided in RCW 88.32.010, said board shall
thereupon apply to the person, who, for the time being, shall be
judge of the United States district court, for the district within
which the county shall be situated, to name eleven reputable
citizens and freeholders of such county and file a list thereof
with said board of county commissioners. The persons so named, or
a majority of them, shall act as a commission, and be known as the
"river and harbor improvement commission of . . . . . . county",
and shall receive no compensation, except their actual necessary
expenses, including necessary clerical assistance, to be audited by
the board of county commissioners; and they shall be deemed the
agents of the county in the performance of the duties imposed upon
them by RCW 88.32.010 through 88.32.220. Each member of such
commission shall, before entering upon his duties, take and
subscribe an oath, substantially as follows:
[1907 c 236 § 2; RRS § 9670.]