STATE LAND LAWS 51 



EXCHANGE WITH U. S. SECS. 53-54 



prescribed by the Department of the Interior. (Laws '97, p. 

 231, sec. 7 ; sec. 6644 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 29 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '89-'90, p. 252, sec. 9; Laws '89-'90, p. 287, sec. 

 3; Laws '93, p. 390, sec. 8; Laws '95, p. 532, sees. 13-14. 



Inspection of unsurveyed lands: sec. 47, supra. 



Preference right to select upon survey: sec. 595, infra. 



Application and regulations for surveys: sees. 596-597, infra. 



SEC. 53. EXCHANGE OF LANDS WITH UNITED STATES. 



For the purpose of obtaining from the United States indemn- 

 ity or lieu lands for such lands granted to the state for com- 

 mon schools, educational, penal, reformatory, charitable, capitol 

 building or other purposes, as have been or may be lost to the 

 state, or the title to or use or possession of which is claimed by 

 the United States or by others claiming it through or under 

 the United States, by reason of any of the causes entitling the 

 state to select other lands in lieu thereof, the inclusion of the 

 same in any reservation by or under authority of the United 

 States, or any other appropriation or disposition of the same 

 by the United States, whether such lands are now surveyed or 

 unsurveyed, the Commissioner of Public Lands, with the advice 

 and approval of the Board of State Land Commissioners and the 

 attorney general, is authorized and empowered to enter into an 

 agreement or agreements, on behalf of the state, with the proper 

 officer or officers of the United States for the relinquishment of 

 any such lands and the selection in lieu thereof, under the pro- 

 visions of this act,* of lands of the United States of equal area 

 and value. (Laws '13, p. 300, sec. 1 ; 3 Rem.-Bal., sec. 6635-1.) 



*Secs. 53-55. 



Relinquishment generally: sec. 49, ante. 



Grants to state and right of selection, generally: sec. 593 et seq. t 

 post. 



Reservation of public lands for national forests: sec. 625 et seq., 

 post; for reclamation projects: sec. 613, post; under Carey Act: sec. 

 605 et seq., post; for other public purposes; sec. 598, post. 



Indemnity for reserved and appropriated lands: sees. 583 and 593, 

 post. 



SEC. 54. SAME INSPECTION. 



Upon the making of any such agreement, the Board of State 

 Land Commissioners shall be empowered and it shall be their 



