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SECS. 65-67 SCHOOL HOUSE SITES. 



SEC. 65. SCHOOL LAND MAY BE PURCHASED BY SCHOOL 

 DISTRICTS. 



Any school district may purchase, under the provisions of 

 law governing the sale thereof, a school house site or sites of not 

 less than three acres nor more than ten acres each, of any 

 school lands of the State of Washington. (Laws '09, p. 265, 

 sec. 4; sec. 4425 Rem.-Bal. ; 413 sec. 251 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '95, p. 17, sec. 1; Laws '97, p. 359, sec. 7. 



Special privileges are not granted in violation of the constitution by an act 

 authorizing the sale of certain school lands for express purposes : Day v. Rich- 

 ardson, 54 Wash. 288. 



SEC. 66. PREFERENCE RIGHT TO PURCHASE SCHOOL HOUSE 

 SITE. 



In all cases when a school house is or may be erected upon 

 any school lands of this state the school district to which such 

 school house belongs shall have the preference right for six 

 months after the filing of the final appraisal of such school 

 lands not already appraised, to purchase school house sites to in- 

 clude the lands occupied by such school houses, at the appraised 

 value thereof. (Laws '97, p. 359, sec. 8; sec. 4426 Rem.-Bal.) 



Former Laws: Laws '95, p. 17, sec. 2. 



Lands to be appraised within 90 days before sale: sec. 69, post. 



Land to be sold at public auction to highest bidder: Const., Art. XVI, 

 sec. 2, ante. 



Rights of improvers: sec. 76 et seq., post. 



SEC. 67. RE-OFFER OF UNSOLD LANDS. 



If any land offered for sale be not sold, the same may again 

 be advertised for sale, as provided in this chapter, whenever 

 in the opinion of the board it shall be expedient so to do ; and 

 such land shall again be advertised for sale, as provided in this 

 chapter, whenever any person shall apply to said board in writ- 

 ing to have such land sold and shall agree to pay at least the 

 appraised price thereof and shall deposit with the Commissioner 

 of Public Lands, at the time of making such application, a 

 sufficient sum of money to pay the cost of advertising for such 

 sale, as provided in the following section. (Laws '97, p. 238, 

 sec. 14 ; amended, Laws '07, p. 313, sec. 1 ; amended, Laws '09, 



