STATE LAND LAWS 

 SEC. 129 LEASE GRANTED LANDS. 



at public auction in the following manner : Any person or 

 persons desiring to lease any of such lands shall make applica- 

 tion in writing to the Commissioner of Public Lands of this 

 state ; each application shall be accompanied with a deposit of 

 $10.00, such deposit to be in the form of a draft on some bank, 

 a postoffice or express money order, or may be paid in cash. In 

 case the lands so applied for shall be leased at the time they are 

 offered for lease, then such deposit shall be returned to such 

 applicant by the Commissioner of Public Lands ; but if the land 

 shall not be leased when so publicly offered for lease, then such 

 deposit shall be declared forfeited to [the] state, and the Com- 

 missioner of Public Lands shall pay the said deposit over to 

 the State Treasurer, who shall place the same to the credit of 

 the general fund of the state. (Laws '97, p. 242, sec. 19; 

 amended Laws '03, p. 115, sec. 4; sec. 6681 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 

 sec. 74 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '89-90, p. 446, sec. 17; Laws '93, p. 400, sec. 

 23; Laws '95, p. 544, sec. 32. 



Term not to exceed 5 years: sec. 585, post. 



Not more than one section to any person: sec. 585, post. 



Application to re-lease: sec. 138, post. 



Lease Capitol Building lands: sec. 427, post. 



Lease University lands: sec. 446, post. 



Cited : 23 Wash. 83 ; 39 Wash. 409 ; 33 Wash. 385 ; 42 Wash. 443. 



The leasing of granted lands is entirely under the authority and juris- 

 diction of the Commissioner of Public Lands and the Board of State Land 

 Commissioners has no duty therein : Opinions Att'y Gen'l, '07-'08, p. 351. 



As the commissioner acts at his own discretion upon applications for the 

 leasing of state lands, mandamus to compel him to do so cannot be maintained 

 by an applicant not beneficially interested : State ex rel. Pelton v. Ross, 39 

 Wash. 399. 



Injunction will not issue at the suit of a taxpayer, as such, to prevent the 

 commissioner from leasing lands in excess of his authority and for purposes 

 which may result injuriously to the public : Tacoma v. Bridges, 25 Wash. 221. 



The state is not a necessary party to an action for trespass on leased lands : 

 Sequim Bay Canning Co. v. Bugge, 49 Wash. 127. 



A leasehold in state lands is subject to sale on execution as real property, 

 and hence a sale under the notice provided for the sale of personal property is 

 void : Reilley v. Anderson, 33 Wash. 58. 



SEC. 129. LIST TO COUNTY AUDITORS MINI MUM RENTAL. 



When, in the judgment of the Commissioner of Public Lands, 

 a sufficient number of applications have been received from any 

 one county, the said commissioner shall then certify a list of 



