These included provisions: (1) the lessee could sublease all or part of the lease premises (2) all improvements placed upon the land by or for the lessee, its sublessees or assigns respectively, were to remain the property of the lessee, its sublessees or assigns as the case might be (3) a sublessee had the right to remove his improvements within 60 days after the expiration of the term of his sublease (4) the lessee had the right to remove its improvements within 60 days after the expiration of the term of its lease (5) lessee improvements were not removable without approval of the Secretary of the Interior if the lease were terminated for cause prior to the expiration of the lease term (6) the lessee agreed to pay when due and payable all taxes upon or against the leased land, the improvements, and all interest therein (7) there were certain prohibitions against assignment of the lessee's interest. The lease provided for a term of 25 years, renewable for an additional 25-year term together with a number of detailed provisions generally protective of the tribe. § 403a (1964), because the land was reserved to the Indian tribe from the conveyance of the fee to the United States of America, pursuant to the Treaty of Point Elliott (1855). The Suquamish Indian tribe was able to lease the land pursuant to 25 U.S.C. The fee to the land was vested in the United States, but held in trust for the Indians. (hereinafter also referred to as CSP), a Washington corporation, and the Suquamish Indian tribe of the Port Madison Indian Reservation, entered into a master lease in June 1967, covering approximately 36 acres of Indian tribal land.

*9 Appellant Chief Seattle Properties, Inc. Chief Seattle Properties, Inc., appeals a judgment upholding the validity of a proposed personal property tax against it on its lease and leasehold interest and on improvements on the land leased whether placed thereon or owned by the lessee, the transferee of the lessee's improvements or lessee's sublessees. We are here principally concerned with the validity of the annual personal property tax imposed by RCW Title 84 from 1969 through 1972, upon a non-Indian's leasehold interest in Indian tribal land. Merkel, Prosecuting Attorney, for respondents. The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc. CHIEF SEATTLE PROPERTIES, INC., ET AL, Appellants,

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