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setting forth the character and value of all improvements ex- 

 isting on the harbor area, the name and post office address of 

 the owner thereof, the purpose for which he desires to re-lease 

 the harbor area, the amount considered by such lessee as the 

 reasonable annual rental value thereof, and such other and fur- 

 ther information as the Board of State Land Commissioners 

 may require. Said application shall be accompanied by a de- 

 posit of ten ($10.00) dollars, which deposit, if the said harbor 

 area be not leased through the failure or refusal of the appli- 

 cant to accept a lease at the rate fixed by the Board of State 

 Land Commissioners, shall be forfeited to the state and paid 

 to the State Treasurer and credited to the general fund of the 

 state. The Board of State Land Commissioners may, upon the 

 filing of such an application, cause the harbor area applied for 

 to be inspected and a careful investigation of such application 

 made; and if said board shall deem it for the best interests of 

 the state, it may issue to said applicant a re-lease of said harbor 

 area upon such terms and conditions conforming to the pro- 

 visions of the constitution of the State of Washington as shall 

 be determined upon by said board : Provided, That every such 

 lessee shall be required to furnish a surety bond as is now pro- 

 vided for in cases of leases of harbor area authorized and exe- 

 cuted by said board: And provided further, That this act shall 

 not be construed as affecting or relating to the power and au- 

 thority of port commissions to lease harbor areas belonging to 

 the State of Washington within the territorial limits of port 

 districts. (Laws '15, p. 399, Sec. 1.) 



SEC. 180. MINING LEASES AUTHORIZED. 



The Commissioner of Public Lands of the State of Wash- 

 ington is hereby authorized to execute leases and contracts for 

 the mining of gold, silver, copper, lead, cinnabar or other valu- 

 able minerals except coal, from any land or tide and shore lands 

 belonging to the state or from any lands or tide and shore 

 lands to which the state may hereafter acquire title, subject to 

 the conditions hereinafter provided: Provided, however, If 

 said lands are not used for mining and are used for other pur- 



