10 Supplement to Public Land Laws 



the first right of purchase to the whole or any portion of the 

 lot or tract involved, and shall, unless an appeal be taken from 

 the appraisal or finding to the superior court, proceed to sell 

 or dispose of such lands in accordance with such finding. (Laws 

 '15, p. 414, Sec. 8: Amending Sec. 6750, Rem.-Bal.) 



SEC. 124-a. WHO MAY PURCHASE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS. 



That any person, firm or corporation now entitled to and 

 in possession of any lands which were acquired under and by 

 virtue of an act of the legislature entitled: "An act relating 

 to the purchase and sale of oyster lands and declaring an emer- 

 gency," approved March 4, 1895, being chapter 25 of the 

 Laws of 1895, may at his, their or its option, purchase addi- 

 tional rights in said lands by complying with the provisions of 

 this act. (Laws '15, p. 24, Ch. 10, Sec. 1.) 



SEC. 124-b. PURCHASE OF REVERSIONARY RIGHT. 



Any such person, firm or corporation, may file with the Com- 

 missioner of Public Lands an application to purchase the re- 

 versionary right of the State of Washington in said lands, such 

 application to be accompanied with an abstract of title to said 

 lands. The Commissioner shall examine such abstract of title, 

 and if he finds such title to be in the applicant, he shall certify 

 such fact, together with a copy of the application, to the state 

 oyster commission, which shall thereupon appraise the value of 

 the reversionary right now held by the state, and certify such 

 appraisement to the Commissioner of Public Lands. Upon the 

 payment to the Commissioner of the amount of such appraise- 

 ment a deed shall be issued from the State of Washington to 

 the applicant in the same manner as deeds of state school and 

 granted lands are issued; such deed to contain a covenant or 

 condition of defeasance to the effect that if said lands be used 

 for any purpose other than the cultivation of oysters then such 

 deed shall be canceled, and the said lands shall revert to the 

 state. (Laws '15, p. 24, Ch. 10, Sec. 2.) 



