24 STATE LAND LAWS 



SECS. 8-9 CLAIM AGENT. 



(Laws '03, p. 37, sec. 1 ; sec. 6628 Rem.-Bal. ; 485 sec. 169 

 Pierce.) 



Oath of office: Laws '09, p. 70, sec. 1. (Sec. 8987 Rem.-Bal.; 485 

 sec. 3 Pierce.) 



Bond, condition, filing, etc.: Laws '89-'90, p. 34, et seq (Sec. 8324, 

 et seq., Rem.-Bal.; 53 sec. 35 et seq., Pierce.) 



Commissioner's bond: sec. 3, ante. 



SEC. 8. BOND OF AUDITOR AND CASHIER. 



The auditor and cashier of the office of the Commissioner of 

 Public Lands shall enter into a good and sufficient surety com- 

 pany bond, to be approved by, and deposited with the Secretary 

 of State, in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, for the faithful 

 discharge of the duties of said office. The premium on said 

 bond shall also be paid by the state from the incidental fund 

 provided for the Commissioner of Public Lands. (Laws '07, p. 

 218, sec. 2; sec. 6630 Rem.-Bal.; 485 sec. 167 Pierce.) 



CHAPTER 



LAND CLAIM AGENT. 

 SEC. 9. Appointment and Duties. 



10. Bond. 



11. Compensation. 



12. Additional Compensation. 



SEC. 9. APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES. 



The Governor of this state is hereby authorized and em- 

 powered to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, 

 an agent for the State of Washington, who shall be a citizen of. 

 said state, whose duty it shall be to prosecute to final decision 

 in the proper departments of the government of the United 

 States, or in any of the courts of the United States having juris- 

 diction, the claims of the State of Washington for the five per 

 cent, due to said state from the United States for or on account 

 of public lands within this state disposed of by the United States 

 as Indian reservations, and by the location of military land 

 warrants and land scrip issued for military services in the wars 



