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LEASE GRANTED LANDS. SEC. 128 



herein* provided, but not to such defaulting purchaser or such 

 defaulting successor in interest. (Laws '95, p. 38, sec. 9; sec. 

 6804 Rem.-Bal.; 373 sec. 59 Pierce.) 



* Sees. 118-124. 



Cited : 62 Wash. 82. 



No form of notice being prescribed, any timely notice to the owner appris- 

 ing him of the filing and substance of the application for cancelation is sufficient : 

 State ex rel. Abbott v. Ross, 62 Wash. 82. 



This section does not confer judicial powers contrary to the constitution, 

 and the commissioner is authorized to hear and determine an application for 

 cancelation of deed : idem. 



A sale of tide lands of the second class, without the exception of tide lands 

 theretofore conveyed with conditions subsequent provided in sec. 115, did not 

 convey the fee to the oyster lands nor the state's right of reversion therein, at 

 least prior to the amendment of sec. 59, supra, by act of 1911 : Scott v. 

 Olympia Oyster Co., 63 Wash. 364. 



CHAPTER 



LEASE OF GRANTED LANDS. 

 SEC. 128. Application; Deposit; Public Auction. 



129. Commissioner to Fix Date and Classification. 



130. Notice of Leasing. 



131. Bidding and Rental. 



132. Report to Commissioner. 



133. Rejection of Bids. 



134. Leases; Execution and Form. 



135. Notice of Forfeiture; Extension of Time. 



136. Escheated Lands: Special Provision. 



137. Improver Under Contract; Right to Lease. 



138. Re-Lease; Application and Procedure. 



139. Rights of Lessee as to Use. 



140. Water Rights Considered Improvements. 



141. Removal of Improvements. 



Cross-References: LEASING TIDE AND SHORE LANDS: sec. 142 

 et seq., post; HARBOR AREAS: 147 et seq., post; OYSTER LANDS: 

 170 et seq., post; MINERAL LANDS: sec. 180 et seq., post; OIL AND 

 GAS LANDS: sec. 194 et seq., post; WATERWAY AREAS: sec. 163 et 

 seq., post; CAPITOL BUILDING LANDS: sec. 425 et seq., post. 



SEC. 128. APPLICATION TO LEASE. 



All school and granted lands of the State of Washington may 

 be leased for a term of six years or less to the highest bidder 



