Supplement to Public Land Laws 



by said Board of State Land Commissioners before said lands 

 are offered for sale, and the making of such improvements by 

 such contract holder shall, in addition to the payments pro- 

 vided for in said contract, be considered as a part consideration 

 therefor. Every such purchaser shall render to said board be- 

 tween the 10th day of December and the 31st day of December 

 of said years a full and complete statement of the character 

 and cost of the improvements placed upon said land during such 

 year. Any such purchaser shall have the right to improve said 

 lands during any one year to any greater extent than that pre- 

 scribed by the Board of State Land Commissioners, if he so 

 desires, and he may pay the full purchase price upon said lands 

 at any time prior to the dates of payment as above provided 

 for, if the Board of State Land Commissioners are satisfied that 

 the improvements which he has placed upon said lands are such 

 as to insure the bona -fide cultivation and use thereof for agri- 

 cultural, horticultural and dairying purposes. All deferred 

 payments upon said contract shall draw interest at the rate of 

 four per cent, per annum for the first ten years after the date 

 of sale and thereafter at the rate of six per cent, per annum 

 until the full purchase price has been paid. The object and 

 purpose of this proviso is to encourage the cultivation and im- 

 provement of state lands and the use of such lands for agricul- 

 tural, horticultural or dairying purposes and it shall be con- 

 strued to be additional to and concurrent with existing laws so 

 far as necessary to the carrying out of such object and pur- 

 pose. (Laws '15, p. 409, Sec. 3: Amending Sec. 6675, Rem.- 

 Bal.) 



SEC. 87-a. LOCATING LINE DIVIDING TIDE LANDS FROM SHORE 



LANDS. 



The Board of State Land Commissioners is hereby author- 

 ized to locate in all navigable rivers in this state, which are sub- 

 ject to tidal flow, the line dividing the tide lands in such river 

 from the shore lands in such river, and such classification or 

 the location of such dividing line shall be final and not sub- 

 ject to review. (Laws '15, p. 419, Sec. 16.) 



