Supplement to Public Land Laws 



terest in said tide lands under and by virtue of any such sale, 

 contract or deed of the State of Washington shall, upon the 

 terms and conditions and in the manner hereinafter provided, 

 be entitled to such relief as is provided for in the following sec- 

 tions of this act. 



SEC. 2. Any such person, firm or corporation holding a 

 contract of sale or deed from the State of Washington for any 

 tide lands located within the state of Oregon, or the assigns 

 or the successors in interest of any such person, firm or cor- 

 poration claiming or asserting any right by, through or under 

 any such contract or deed, may file with the Commissioner of 

 Public Lands an application for the repayment to such person, 

 firm or corporation of all of the moneys paid to the State of 

 Washington pursuant to the provisions of any such sale, con- 

 tract or deed. Such application shall set forth the name of the 

 person, firm or corporation demanding the relief herein pro- 

 vided for, an itemized statement of the moneys paid to the State 

 of Washington under and by virtue of any such sale, contract 

 or deed, a description of the tide lands sold or described in any 

 such contract or deed, the date thereof and such other and fur- 

 ther information as the Commissioner of Public Lands may re- 

 quire. The applicant shall attach to such application a com- 

 plete abstract of title of such tide lands, together with a copy 

 of the contract or deed issued by the State of Washington and 

 under and by virtue of which the relief is applied for, together 

 with a waiver of any and all claims of any nature whatsoever 

 against the State of Washington that such applicant may have 

 by reason of any such sale, contract or deed. Such waiver shall 

 be in such form as the Commissioner of Public Lands shall pre- 

 scribe. 



SEC. 3. Upon the filing of any such application and papers 

 thereto attached, as above provided, the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands shall examine the same. He shall also examine and com- 

 pare the records and files of his office, and if after such exami- 

 nation of the application and the papers thereto attached, to- 

 gether with the records of his office relating thereto, he shall be 



