STATE LAND LAWS 

 NOTICE RENTAL. SECS. 130-132 



such lands so applied for, and any other lands he may deem 

 advisable to offer for lease at the same time, to the auditor of 

 the county in which such lands are situated ; fixing the date when 

 such lands shall be offered for lease and the character of the 

 land, whether agricultural, pastoral or scab: Provided, The 

 agricultural lands shall not be leased for less than ten cents per 

 acre. (Laws '97, p. 242, sec. 20; sec. 6682 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 

 sec. 77 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '05, p. 545, sees. 36-7. 



Pasturing lease converted to agricultural: sec. 139, post. 



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



SEC. 130. NOTICE TO BE POSTED. 



Upon receipt of such list so certified, the county auditor shall 

 proceed to post said list for a period of thirty days prior to 

 the date of leasing, in some conspicuous place in his office and 

 elsewhere in the county, as the commissioner may direct. (Laws 

 '97, p. 243, sec. 21; sec. 6683 Rem.-Bal.; 477 sec. 79 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '95, p. 545, sec. 37. 

 Cited : 39 Wash. 409 ; 42 Wash. 443. 



SEC. 131. RENTAL IN ADVANCE. 



The person or persons leasing any of such lands, shall pay 

 over to the county auditor the first year's rent, in accordance 

 with his bid, which payment shall be in the form of a certified 

 check or certificate of deposit on some bank in this state, or 

 may be paid in cash; all rent thereafter shall be paid annually 

 in advance to the Commissioner of Public Lands. (Laws '97, 

 p. 243, sec. 22; sec. 6684 Rem.-Bal.; 477 sec. 81 Pierce.) 



Public auction: compare sec. 82, supra. 



Money not deemed paid to state until deposited with treasurer: 

 sec. 34, ante. 



Cited: 39 Wash. 409; 42 Wash. 443. 



The Commissioner of Public Lands has no authority, under sees. 19, 111, 

 supra, or otherwise, to reduce the rental fixed at public auction, except as 

 provided in sec. 139, infra: Opinions Att'y Gen'l, '09-'10, p. 225. 



SEC. 132. REPORT OF LEASING RETURNS OF COUNTY AUDI- 

 TORS. 



When any of such lands shall have been so leased by the 

 county auditor, the said auditor shall at once proceed to certify 



