STATE LAND LAWS 47 



INSPECTION. SECS. 47-48 



as possible on blank lists to be furnished by said Commissioner 

 of Public Lands for that purpose; that said report shall be 

 made under oath, to the effect that the inspector has personally 

 examined the tracts mentioned in each forty acres thereof, that 

 said report and appraisement is made from such personal exam- 

 ination and is to the best of affiant's knowledge and belief true 

 and correct, and that the lands are not occupied by any bona 

 fide settler. They shall also separately appraise all valuable ma- 

 terial thereon, improvements, etc. (Laws '97, p. 233, sec. 9 ; 

 sec. 6646 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 33 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '89-'90, p. 438, sees. 3-4; Laws '91, p. 400, sec. 

 4; Laws '95, p. 530, sec. 10. 



Inspectors are ex-officio forest rangers: Laws '11, p. 629, sec. 7. 



Abstract of reports, how and where kept: sec. 6, ante. 



Inspection for exchange of lands with United States: sec. 54, post. 



Inspection for appraisement and sale: sec. 69, post. 



Federal laws for grants and selections: sees. 583 et seq., post. 



Cited: 25 Wash. 358. 



SEC. 47. INSPECTION OF UNSURVEYED LANDS. 



Said state land inspectors shall, immediately upon their ap- 

 pointment, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands, inspect such unsurveyed lands or townships as the board 

 may designate, with a view to determining whether it is desir- 

 able to have them reserved for the selection of lands to complete 

 the grant of public lands to the state. They shall report the re- 

 sult of their inspection without delay, showing approximately 

 the number of acres arable, the amount, quality, character and 

 value of timber, the nearest practicable route for removing the 

 same, the number of settlers in the township and the value of the 

 improvements. (Laws '97, p. 231, sec. 7; sec. 6644 Rem.-Bal.; 

 477 sec. 29 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '89-'90, p. 287, sec. 3; Laws '91, p. 400, sees, 

 4-5; Laws '95, p. 532, sees. 13-14. 



State may cause survey: sees. 52 and 596, post. 



SEC. 48. LISTS OF SELECTED LANDS. 



Upon receipt of such report or reports the Board of State 

 Land Commissioners shall arrange and classify the lands so se- 



