STATE LAND LAWS 97 



CONTRACT OF SALE. SEC. 106 



CHAPTER 10. 



CONVEYANCE OP STATE LANDS. 

 SEC. 106. Contracts of Sale; Extension of Time. 

 107. Same: Notice of Forfeiture. 



109. Same: Assignments to be Approved. 



110. Division of Contracts and Leases. 



111. Mistake or Fraud Avoids Sale. 



112. Deed to Issue. 



113. Form of Deed. 



Cross-References: CONVEYANCE OF OYSTER LANDS: sec. 114 

 et seq., post; LEASES: sees. 128 to 200, post. 



SEC. 106. CONTRACTS OF SALE COVENANTS EXTENSION. 



The purchaser of land under the provisions of this act,* ex- 

 cept in cases where this act* prescribes cash payment, shall enter 

 into and sign a contract with the state, to be signed by the Com- 

 missioner of Public Lands on behalf of the state, and in a form 

 to be prescribed by the Attorney General, in which he shall 

 covenant that he will make the payment of principal and interest 

 when due: Provided, All interest shall be computed from date 

 contract is issued, and that he will pay all taxes and assessments 

 that may be levied or assessed on such land, and that on a failure 

 to make the payments prescribed in this act when due, and for 

 six months thereafter, that he will, on demand of said board or 

 other authorized officer of the state, surrender the said premises, 

 and upon such failure for six months all rights of the pur- 

 chaser under the said contract may, at the election of said Board 

 of State Land Commissioners, acting for the state, and without 

 notice to said purchaser, be declared to be forfeited, and when 

 so declared forfeited the state shall be released from all obliga- 

 tion to convey the land. The contract provided for by this 

 section shall be executed in duplicate, and one copy shall be 

 retained by the purchaser and the other shall be filed in the 

 office of the Commissioner of Public Lands. All contracts pro- 

 vided for in this section shall be signed by the purchaser and 

 also by the Commissioner of Public Lands on the part of the 



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