The provisions of *this act shall not apply to any territory or the inhabitants thereof situated or located in any adjoining state which does not by its laws, usages or legal regulations grant similar or reciprocal rights, privileges and opportunities to this state and its inhabitants and adjacent and contiguous territory whether incorporated or unincorporated as in *this act specified.

*Reviser's note: "this act" [1919 c 41], is codified in RCW 90.16.110 and 90.16.120.