60 , STATE LAND LAWS 



SECS. 61-62 REFORESTATION. 



The term "any land belonging to the state," as used in sec. 180, post, re- 

 lating to mining leases, and sec. 194, post, relating to oil and gas mining, does 

 not include tide or shore lands: Opinions Att'y Gen'l, Oct. 7, 1913, and Dec. 

 4, '13. 



Nor does it include the beds of navigable waters, although these belong to 

 the state : Opinion Att'y Gen'l, Sept. 17, '13. 



The terms "granted lands" and "public lands," as ordinarily used, do not in- 

 clude lands deeded to the state by individuals for a certain use, and occupied, 

 employed or used by the state in the performance of some of its public func- 

 tions : Callvert v. Windsor, 26 Wash. 368 ; State v. Hewitt Land Co., 74 

 Wash. 573. 



The term "tide lands," as used in sec. 239 et seg., post, granting the use 

 thereof to the United States, does not include tide lands within oyster reserves : 

 Opinion Att'y Gen'l, Dec. 10, '13. 



Lands acquired or reserved by the state for a particular governmental use, 

 although falling within the definition of "public lands," are, by such appropria- 

 tion, severed from the mass of public lands, and the general statutes authoriz- 

 ing the disposition of such lands will no longer apply : Opinion Attorney Gen- 

 eral, February 25. 1913, citing SamisJi Boom Co. v. Callvert, 27 Wash. 611 ; 

 Seattle & M. R. Co. v. State, 1 Wash. 150 ; State v. Whitney, 66 Wash. 473. See 

 also State ex rel. Att'y Gen'l v. Sup. Ct., 36 Wash. 381 ; Baer v. Moran Bros. 

 Co., 2 Wash. 608 ; Callvert v. Windsor, 26 Wash. 368 ; State v. Hewitt Land Co., 

 74 Wash. 573. 



SEC. 61. OLD APPRAISEMENTS VOID. 



All appraisements of school and granted lands heretofore 

 made under existing laws, where sales have not yet been made, 

 are hereby annulled, and all such lands shall be appraised and 

 sold or leased as herein* provided. (Laws '97, p. 247, sec. 36; 

 sec. 6693 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 sec. 113 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '93, p. 401, sec. 28; Laws '95, p. 548, sec. 47. 



*Chap. 89, Laws '97. 



Appraisement within 90 days prior to sale: sec. 69, post. 



SEC. 62. LANDS RESERVED FOR REFORESTATION. 



When the merchantable timber has been sold and actually 

 removed from any land, the Board of State Land Commissioners 

 may classify the land and such portions thereof as may be found 

 most suitable for reforestation may, by the order of the board, 

 be reserved from any future sale and when once so reserved 

 shall not thereafter be subject to sale or other disposition. The 

 Commissioner of Public Lands shall certify to the State Fire 

 Warden and Forester all such reserves so made and thereupon 

 it shall be the duty of the State Fire Warden and Forester to 

 protect such land and the remaining timber from fire and to 



