Chapter 1.08
COUNTY BOUNDARIES AND COUNTY SEAT**

Sections:

1.08.010    Boundaries established—RCW 36.04.040.

1.08.020    Wenatchee declared county seat.

**    Boundaries of Chelan County—See RCW 36.04.040.

1.08.010 Boundaries established—RCW 36.04.040.

All those portions of the counties of Kittitas and Okanogan described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the middle of the main channel of the Columbia River with the fifth standard parallel north; thence running west along said fifth standard parallel north to the point where said fifth standard parallel north intersects the summit of the main divide between the waters flowing northerly and easterly into the Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers, and the water flowing southerly and westerly into the Yakima River; thence in a general northwesterly direction along the summit of said main divide between the waters flowing northerly and easterly into the Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers and the waters flowing southerly and westerly into the Yakima River, following the course of the center of the summit of the watershed dividing the said respective waters, to the center of the summit of the Cascade Mountains; at the eastern boundary line of King County; thence north along the east boundary of King, Snohomish and Skagit Counties to the point upon the said east boundary of Skagit County, where said boundary is intersected by the watershed between the waters flowing northerly and easterly into the Methow River and the waters flowing southerly and westerly into Lake Chelan; thence in a general southeasterly direction along the summit of the main divide between the waters flowing northerly and easterly into the Methow River and the waters flowing westerly and southerly into Lake Chelan and its tributaries; following the course of the center of the summit of the watershed dividing said respective waters, to the point where the seventh standard parallel north intersects said center of the summit of said watershed; thence east along the said seventh standard parallel north to the point of intersection of the middle of the main channel of the Columbia River with said seventh standard parallel north; thence down the middle of the main channel of the Columbia River to the point of beginning, shall be and hereby is created and established as the County of Chelan.

Provided, however, that said Chelan County is hereby created as aforesaid, subject to the requirements of the Constitution of the State of Washington in respect to the establishment of new counties, and subject to an ascertainment of the fact of such compliance, as hereinafter provided, and that the creation of said Chelan County hereby shall not become operative to establish said county until such compliance shall have been so had and the fact of such compliance so ascertained. (§ 1 of an Act of the Washington Legislature reprinted in Vol. 45 page 1).

1.08.020 Wenatchee declared county seat.

The county seat of said Chelan County is hereby located at the town of Wenatchee, and shall there remain until the same shall be removed in accordance with the provisions of law. (§ 7 of an Act of the Washington Legislature reprinted in Vol. 45 page 3).