12 CONSTITUTION 



ART. XVI GRANTED LANDS. 



Sec. 251, Laws, post, authorizing the condemnation of granted lands, is not 

 repugnant to this section : Roberts v. Seattle, 63 Wash. 364. 



A statute providing that limitations for the commencement of actions shall 

 run against the state, so far as it gives title to school lands by adverse posses- 

 sion, is repugnant to this section : O'Brien v. Wilson, 51 Wash. 52 ; State v. 

 Seattle, 57 Wash. 602. 



Adverse possession and the payment of taxes upon state lands for seven 

 years under color of title does not make title as against the state : Bryant Lbr. 

 Co. v. Pac. Iron & Steel Wks., 48 Wash. 574 ; Brace & Hergert Mill Co. v. State, 

 49 Wash. 326. 



ART. XVI, SEC. 2. SAME APPRAISEMENT AND SALE. 



None of the lands granted to the state for educational pur- 

 poses shall be sold otherwise than at public auction to the highest 

 bidder. The value thereof, less the improvements, shall, before 

 the sale, be appraised by a board of appraisers, to be provided 

 by law, the terms of payment also to be prescribed by law, and 

 no sale shall be valid unless the sum bid be equal to the appraised 

 value of said land. In estimating the value of said lands for 

 disposal, the value of the improvements thereon shall be ex- 

 cluded: Provided, That the sale of all school and university 

 land heretofore made by the commissioners of any county or the 

 university commissioners, when the purchase price has been paid 

 in good faith, may be confirmed by the Legislature. 



Confirmation of territorial sales: Laws, sec. 416 et seq., and sec. 603, 

 post. 



Appraisement and sale of granted lands, generally: Laws, sec. 59 

 et seq., post. 



Conditions upon grants of lands: Laws, sec. 585 et seq., post. 



Cited in 7 Wash. 217 ; 25 Wash. 223 ; 37 Wash. 127 ; 51 Wash. 55 ; 57 Wash. 

 613 ; 74 Wash. 576. 



The requirements of the enabling act as to price and the manner of sale 

 were modified by the proviso in above section : Romaine v. State, 7 Wash. 215. 



Special privileges are not granted in violation of the constitution by an act 

 authorizing the sale of certain school lands for express purposes: Day v. Rich- 

 ardson, 54 Wash. 288. 



ART. XVI, SEC. 3. SAME SALE OF TIMBER. 



No more than one-fourth of the land granted to the state for 

 educational purposes shall be sold prior to January 1, 1895, 

 and not more than one-half prior to January 1, 1905 : 

 Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as to prevent 

 the state from selling the timber or stone off of any of the state 

 lands in such manner and on such terms as may be prescribed by 

 law : And provided further, That no sale of timber lands shall 



