48 STATE LAND LAWS 



SEC. 49 SELECTION. 



lected into several lists for filing in the general United States 

 district land offices of the United States in this state, and shall 

 classify the lands and apportion them to the several specific 

 grants under said act of Congress referred to, so that there may 

 be lands of nearly as equal value as possible apportioned to the 

 several grants. Said lists shall be made in triplicate, one for 

 filing in said local land offices, one for transmission by it to the 

 Secretary of the Interior, and one to be filed in the office of the 

 Commissioner of Public Lands. Said lists shall state the grant 

 for which the same is made. The Commissioner of Public Lands 

 shall file said lists so arranged, classified and duly certified under 

 the rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, in the 

 several United States district land offices throughout the state 

 having jurisdiction thereof: Provided, That if it be found, upon 

 the filing of said lists, that any of the lands described therein 

 have been filed upon or applied for, then the Commissioner of 

 Public Lands is authorized to eliminate therefrom such lands : 

 And provided further, Said Commissioner of Public Lands or 

 Board of State Land Commissioners may decline to list any lands 

 reported by the inspectors which may not by them be deemed 

 desirable. (Laws '97, p. 234, sec. 10; sec. 6647 Rem.-Bal. ; 

 477 sec. 35 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '89-'90, p. 286, sees. 1-3; Laws '91, p. 401, sec. 

 5; Laws '95, p. 531, sec. 11. 



Lands assigned to particular grant not to be transferred: sec. 41, 

 ante. 



Lands to be selected under direction of Secretary of Interior: sees. 

 583 and 592, post. 



Cited: 17 Wash. 123. 



SEC. 49. LANDS MAY BE RELINQUISHED. 



The Board of State Land Commissioners shall have authority 

 and power to relinquish to the United States all lands heretofore 

 selected by the Territory of Washington or any officer, board or 

 agent thereof, or by the State of Washington or any officer, 

 board or agent thereof, or which may be hereafter selected by the 

 State of Washington, or any officer, board or agent thereof, in 

 pursuance of any grant of public lands made by the United 



