30 STATE LAND LAWS 



SEC. 19 BOAED. 



the Board of State Land Commissioners shall, in their discretion, 

 have power to issue subpoenas and compel thereby the attend- 

 ance of witnesses at such time and place as may be fixed by the 

 board, to be stated in the subpoenas, and to conduct the examina- 

 tion thereof. Said subpoenas may be served by the sheriff of any 

 county, or by any other officer authorized by law to serve process, 

 or by any person over the age of twenty-one years, competent to 

 be a witness, but who is not a party to the matter in which said 

 subpoena is issued. Each witness subpoenaed by the board as 

 witness on behalf of the state shall be allowed the same fees and 

 mileage as provided by law to be paid witnesses in courts of 

 record in this state, said fees and mileage to be paid by warrants 

 on the general fund. And any person duly served with a sub- 

 poena as herein provided, and who shall fail to obey the same, 

 without legal excuse, such failure to obey shall be considered a 

 contempt, and the board shall certify the facts thereof to the su- 

 perior court of the county in which such witness may reside, and 

 upon legal proof thereof such witness shall suffer the same pen- 

 alties as are now provided in like cases in the courts in this state, 

 as prescribed in section 1220 of Remington & Ballinger's An- 

 notated Codes and Statutes of Washington : And it is further 

 provided, That the certificate of the board shall be considered 

 by the court as prima facie evidence of the guilt of the party 

 charged with contempt. (Laws '97, p. 259, sec. 59; sec. 6611 

 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 193 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '95, p. 567, sec. 93. 



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



Subpoenas in contests in United States Land Offices: sec. 50, post; 

 to witnesses for appraisement of lands and improvements: sees. 78 and 

 145, post. 



Cited in 17 Wash. 633 ; 22 Wash. 66 ; 27 Wash. 606. 



SEC. 19. BOARD OR COMMISSIONER MAY RECONSIDER ACTS. 



The Board of State Land Commissioners or the Commissioner 

 of Public Lands may review and reconsider any of their official 

 acts relating to the public lands of the state until such time as 

 a lease, contract or deed shall have been made, executed and 

 finally issued by the Commissioner of Public Lands: Provided, 



