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COMMISSIONER. SECS. 3-5 



three thousand dollars. (Laws ? 07, p. 174, sec. 1 ; sec. 8985 

 Rem.-Bal. ; 485 sec. 5 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '89-'90, p. 252, sec. 7; Laws '93, p. 387, sec. 3; 

 Laws '95, p. 528, sec. 6. 



Cited in 47 Wash. 607. 



Where the Commissioner of Public Lands was elected for a term of four 

 years and served two years, drawing salary under general appropriation acts 

 which, for ten years theretofore, allowed a salary of $2,000, his salary was not 

 increased during him term of office by the passage of this general act, even if 

 this was the first general act fixing any salary for the office : State ex rel. Ross 

 v. Clausen, 47 Wash. 607. 



SEC. 3. BOND OF COMMISSIONER. 



The Commissioner of Public Lands shall enter into a good and 

 sufficient surety company bond, to be approved by, and de- 

 posited with the Secretary of State, in the sum of fifty thousand 

 dollars, for the faithful discharge of the duties of said office. 

 The premium on said bond shall be paid by the state from the 

 incidental fund provided for the Commissioner of Public Lands. 

 (Laws '07, p. 218, sec. 1 ; sec. 6629 Rem.-Bal. ; 485 sec. 165 

 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '89-'90, p. 252, sec. 6; Laws '93, p. 386, sec. 2. 

 Bond of assistant commissioner: sec. 7, infra; of cashier: sec. 8, 

 infra; of inspector: sec. 45, infra; of claim agent: sec. 10, infra. 

 Cited in 47 Wash. 609. 



SEC. 4. COMMISSIONER'S SEAL. 



All notices, orders, contracts, certificates, rules and regula- 

 tions, or other documents or papers made and issued by or on 

 behalf of the board of appraisers or commissions provided for 

 in this act,* or the Commissioner of Public Lands, shall be au- 

 thenticated by a seal whereon shall be the vignette of Washing- 

 ton, with the words "Seal of the Commissioner of Public Lands, 

 State of Washington." (Laws '97, p. 260, sec. 61 ; sec. 6632 

 Rem.-Bal.; 477 sec. 197 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '89-'90, p. 252, sec. 5; Laws '93, p. 401, sec. 30; 

 Laws '95, p. 569, sec. 96. 



*Chap. 89, Laws '97, and acts amendatory. 



Cited in 58 Wash. 655. 



SEC. 5. COMMISSIONER CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS. 



All maps, plats and field notes of surveys required to be made 

 by this act* shall, after approval by the State Board or Com- 



