20 Supplement to Public Land Laws 



missioner shall hold such moneys until a certified copy of a 

 judgment decreeing the ownership of said improvements shall 

 be filed with him. When a certified copy of a judgment has been 

 so filed with the Commissioner of Public Lands, he shall pay to 

 the owner thereof, as decreed by said judgment, the appraised 

 value of said improvements. Where said right of way affects 

 the improvements of any person other than the person owning 

 improvements on said right of way or entitled thereto under ex- 

 isting law the applicant for said right of way shall file with the 

 Commissioner of Public Lands a valid release of damages duly 

 executed by such owner or owners, or a certified copy of a judg- 

 ment of a court of competent jurisdiction showing that the dam- 

 ages resulting to such owner or owners, ascertained in accord- 

 ance with existing law, has been made or paid into the registry 

 of such court. (Laws '15, p. 418, Sec. 13: Amending Sec. 

 6836, Rem.-Bal.) 



SEC. 221. RAILROADS LANDS SOLD SUBJECT TO EASEMENT. 



Upon full payment of the value of such easement ascer- 

 tained as aforesaid, any future grant or lease by the state of 

 the lands affected by said right of way shall be subject to the 

 easements obtained under the provisions of this act : Provided* 

 however, That before any such easement shall become effective 

 a right of way certificate shall be issued to said railway com- 

 pany by the Commissioner of Public Lands, in which the terms 

 and conditions of such easement shall be set forth and the lands 

 covered thereby described. Such certificate shall be in such 

 form as the Commissioner of Public Lands may prescribe. 

 (Laws '15, p. 419, Sec. 14: Amending Sec. 6839, Rem.-Bal.) 



SEC. 225. RIGHT TO OVERFLOW. 



The Board of State Land Commissioners is authorized to 

 grant any person or corporation the right, privilege, power and 

 authority to perpetually back and hold water upon and over 

 any land belonging to the State of Washington, and to over- 

 flow any such land and inundate the same, if said board deems 

 it necessary for the purpose of erecting, constructing, main- 



