STATE LAND LAWS 

 SECS. 133-134 LEASE GRANTED LANDS. 



a list of such lands to the Commissioner of Public Lands, giving 

 the name of the lessee, the postoffice address, term of lease, lease 

 price per annum, amount paid on lease, and any other informa- 

 tion required by the Commissioner of Public Lands ; the auditor 

 shall also remit all moneys so paid to him on lease to the said 

 Commissioner, who shall issue his receipt in duplicate therefor, 

 the original receipt to be sent to the lessee and a duplicate 

 thereof to be kept in his office, and pay the money over to the 

 State Treasurer and take his receipt therefor. (Laws '97, p. 

 243, sec. 23; amended, Laws '03, p. 115, sec. 5 ; sec. 6685 Rem.- 

 Bal.; 477 sec. 83 Pierce.) 



Payment of money into state treasury: sec. 34, ante. 

 Rentals inure to what funds: notes to sec. 41, ante. 



Cited : 23 Wash. 84 ; 33 Wash. 388 ; 39 Wash. 409 ; 42 Wash. 443. 



Neither by direct lease nor assignment may one person or corporation ac- 

 quire a leasehold in an area of state lands, except Capitol Building lands, 

 greater than one section, under sec. 585, post. (Enabling Act) and sec. 1, Art. 

 XVI, Const., ante : Opinion Att'y Gen'l, Feb. 15, '13. 



SEC. 133. REJECTION OF BIDS. 



The Commissioner of Public Lands or the Auditor may reject 

 any and all bids when the interests of the state shall justify it: 

 Provided, That if the Commissioner of Public Lands or the 

 Auditor shall reject any such bid he shall forthwith return to the 

 lessee any moneys paid, upon the return of any and all receipts 

 issued to the lessee. (Laws '97, p. 244, sec. 26 ; sec. 6688 Rem.- 

 Bal. ; 477 sec. 89 Pierce.) 



Cited : 39 Wash. 409. 



SEC. 134. EXECUTION OF LEASES. 



Upon receipt of such certified list and moneys paid from the 

 county auditor, the Commissioner of Public Lands shall proceed 

 to issue a lease to the lessee, upon a form to be prescribed by 

 the Attorney General. All leases shall be in duplicate, both to 

 be signed by the lessee and by the Commissioner of Public Lands 

 on behalf of the state with the seal of the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands attached thereto ; the original lease to be forwarded to the 



