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poses the lease or contract shall be immediately cancelled. 

 (Laws '15, p. 440, Sec. 1: Amending Sec. 6782, Rem.-Bal.) 



SEC. 180-a. MINING LEASES VALIDATED. 



That leases and contracts heretofore entered into and exe- 

 cuted by the Commissioner of Public Lands for the mining of 

 gold, silver, copper, lead, cinnabar or other valuable minerals 

 except coal, from tide or shore lands be and the same are hereby 

 validated. (Laws '15, p. 440, Sec. 2.) 



SEC. 197. RENTAL TERM. 



No lease shall be made by the state for any sum less than 

 twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per quarter section of land for 

 each year during the term of said lease, and in addition thereto 

 the said lease shall provide that the state shall be entitled to 

 receive a sum not less than ten per cent, of the gross value of 

 all petroleum and natural gas extracted therefrom during the 

 term of the said lease, payable semi-annually during said term. 

 The term of said lease to be any term not to exceed five years. 

 (Laws '15, p. 415, Sec. 9: Amending Sec. 6794, Rem.-Bal.) 



SEC. 202. LOGGING ROADS. 



Any person, corporation or association engaged in the busi- 

 ness of logging and lumbering shall have a right of way over 

 public lands when necessary, for the purpose of hauling or re- 

 moving timber or ties from other lands. Before, however, any 

 such right of way grant shall become effective, a written appli- 

 cation for and a plat showing the location of such right of way, 

 with reference to the adjoining lands, shall be filed with the 

 Board of State Land Commissioners, and all timber on said 

 right of way, together with the damages to said lands, shall be 

 appraised by said board and paid for in cash by the person, 

 corporation or association applying for such right of way. The 

 Board of State Land Commissioners shall then cause to be is- 

 sued in duplicate to such person, corporation or association a 

 right of way certificate setting forth the conditions and terms 

 upon which such right of way is granted. Whenever said right 

 of way shall cease to be used, for a period of two years, for 



