46 STATE LAND LAWS 



SEC. 46 INSPECTION. 



of the board, or commission, or the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands, any information in relation to location, character and 

 value of the public lands examined by me, or disclose to anyone 

 anything in relation to such public lands except to such board 

 or commission or Commissioner of Public Lands ; that I will, 

 when directed, personally and carefully examine each parcel or 

 tract of land to be listed by me, and make an appraisement and 

 value of the same and the timber thereon ; that I am not nor will 

 I become interested directly or indirectly in the sale or purchase 

 of said lands, and that I will report every material fact connected 

 with said lands directly to the Board of State Land Commission- 

 ers, to enable it to determine the situation, value and character of 

 the timber thereon and the lands selected by me ; in investigating, 

 appraising, or in the prosecution of any trespass, I do solemnly 

 swear that I will act according to the best of my knowledge and 

 ability, and will protect the interests of the State of Washing- 

 ton." That upon filing such bond and affidavit the inspector 

 may be authorized and commissioned by said Commissioner of 

 Public Lands to view, select and appraise lands as hereinafter 

 provided for. (Laws '97, p. 232, sec. 8 ; sec. 6645 Rem.-Bal. ; 

 477 sec. 31 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '91, p. 399, sec. 3; Laws '93, p. 392, sec. 11; 

 Laws '95, pp. 530, 535, sees. 9, 19. 



Official bonds, generally: Laws '89-'90, p. 34 et seq. (Sec. 8324 

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



SEC. 46. INSPECTORS' DUTIES AND REPORTS. 



The said Commissioner of Public Lands may instruct the said 

 State Land Inspector to view and examine the said lands sub j ect 

 to selection by the smallest legal subdivisions of forty acres each, 

 and shall classify such lands into grazing, farming and timbered 

 lands, and estimate the value of each tract so viewed ; said State 

 Land Inspector shall also in timbered lands estimate the amount 

 and value of the standing timber thereon and the value thereof 

 after the timber is removed; he shall make a report thereof to 

 the Commissioner of Public Lands as amply and expeditiously 



