STATE LAND LAWS 53 



APPLICATION FOR SALE. SEC. 68 



p. 763, sec. 4 ; amended, Laws '13, p. 93, sec. 1 ; 3 Rem.-Bal., sec. 



6672; 477 sec.* 61 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '93, p. 394, sec. 17; Laws '95, p. 538, sec. 24. 

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



SEC. 68. APPLICATION DEPOSIT. 



Any person or company may make written application to the 

 Coi imissioner of Public Lands for the appraisement and sale 

 of any lands belonging to the state, except capitol building 

 lands ; and the Commissioner of Public Lands shall cause to be 

 prepared blank applications containing such instructions as will 

 inform and aid intending purchasers in making application for 

 the appraisement and sale of any lands. Each application must 

 be accompanied with either cash, certificate of deposit or cer- 

 tified check upon any bank of this state, or postal order made 

 payable to the Commissioner of Public Lands and equal in 

 amount to ten cents per acre for the land described in such ap- 

 plication, but in no case for a sum less than ten dollars. In 

 case the lands described in such application are sold at the time 

 they are offered for sale, in accordance with such application, the 

 amount of such deposit shall be returned to such applicant, but if 

 such land be not sold, through the failure of the applicant to 

 offer at least the appraised valuation, such deposit shall, upon 

 order of the Board of State Land Commissioners, be forfeited 

 to the state and credited to the general fund. (Laws '97, p. 235, 

 sec. 11 ; amended, Laws '03, p. 103, sec. 1 ; amended, Laws '07, 

 p. 751, sec. 5; amended, Laws '09, p. 758, sec. 2; sec. 6661 

 Rem.-Bal.; 477 sec. 41 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '93, p. 390, sec. 9; Laws '95, p. 533, sec. 17. 



Sale of capitol building lands: sec. 425 et seq., post. 



Sale of tide lands for oyster culture; post, sec. 114. 



Sale of cultivated oyster beds: sec. 116 et seq., post. 



University lands not to be sold without regents' consent: sec. 446, 



Sale of tide and shore lands: sec. 87 et seq., post. 



Sale of timber and materials: sec. 71, post. 



Certain lands to be platted before sale: sec. 297, post. 



Municipalities of adjoining states may acquire lands in this state 

 for water supply: Laws '09, p. 18, sec. 1; sec. 7822 Rem.-Bal.; 77 sec. 

 1145 Pierce. 



