STATE LAND LAWS 49 



SELECTION. SECS. 50-50% 



States or the Congress thereof to the territory or state for any 

 purpose or upon any trust whatever, the selection of which has 

 failed or been rejected or shall fail or shall be rejected for any 

 reason. (Laws '99, p. 105, sec. 1 ; sec. 6650 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 

 sec. 37 Pierce.) 



Relinquishment upon exchange of lands: sec. 53, post. 



SEC. 50. CONTESTS BOARD MAY APPEAR WITNESSES. 



Said board shall appear before the United States land offices 

 in all cases involving the validity of the selections of any of the 

 state's granted or school lands, and shall be authorized and em- 

 powered to summon witnesses and pay necessary witness fees and 

 clerical hire in such contested cases. (Laws '97, p. 261, sec. 64; 

 sec. 6614 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 203 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '95, p. 569, sec. 99. 



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



SEC. 50"/2- ATTORNEY GENERAL OR COMMISSIONER TO AP- 

 PEAR FOR STATE. 



It shall be the duty of the Attorney General, and he is hereby 

 authorized to institute or defend any action or proceeding to 

 which the state or any officer thereof is or may be a party or in 

 which the interests of the state are involved in any court of this 

 or any other state, or of the United States, or in any depart- 

 ment of the United States, or before any board or tribunal, 

 when so directed to do by the Commissioner of Public Lands or 

 the Board of State Land Commissioners, or upon his own initia- 

 tive. The Commissioner of Public Lands is also authorized to 

 appear for and represent the state in any such action or pro- 

 ceeding, relating to the public lands of the state. (Laws '97, p. 

 261, sec. 65; amended, Laws '09, p. 767, sec. 7; sec. 6615 

 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 205 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '95, p. 570, sec. 100. 



Attorney General to procure dismissal of appeals in certain cases: 

 sec. 30, ante. 



To fix compensation of claim agent: sec. 11, ante. 



To agree upon exchange of lands with U. S.: sec. 53, post. 



To prescribe form of contract of sale: sec. 106, post; of lease: sec. 

 134, post. 



