STATE LAND LAWS 

 SEC. 139 USE UNDER LEASE. 



the statutory fee for issuing a lease, the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands may cause the improvements existing upon the land to be 

 appraised, in the same manner as in the case of the sale of land, 

 offer the land for lease at public auction to the highest bidder, 

 as provided for original leases, and if the successful bidder be 

 not the owner of the improvements, he shall deposit with the 

 officer making the sale the appraised value of the improvements. 

 The amount so deposited as the appraised value of improve- 

 ments, togther with the first year's rental and the fees required 

 by law, shall be transmitted to the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands and, upon confirmation of the lease by the Commissioner 

 of Public Lands, the amount so deposited in payment for the 

 improvements shall be disposed of by the Commissioner of 

 Public Lands in the same manner as in the case of the sale of 

 the land : Provided, That no bid shall be received for less than 

 the maximum price fixed by the Commissioner of Public Lands. 

 (Laws '97, p. 245, sec. 30; amended, Laws '99, p. 77, sec. 1; 

 amended, Laws '09, p. 766, sec. 6 ; sec. 6690 Rem.-Bal. ; 477 

 sec. 97 Pierce.) 



Lands to be leased for not more than 5 years: sec. 585, post. 



Appraisal and payment for improvements in case of sale: sees. 

 76-77, ante. 



Fee for issuing lease: sec. 32, ante. 



Lease at public auction: sec. 129 et seq., supra. 



Cited : 39 Wash. 404 ; 42 Wash. 443. 



Prohibition will not lie in the supreme court to restrain the commissioner 

 from re-leasing tide lands to a prior lessee who has complied with the provisions 

 of this section, as the commissioner acts upon applications to lease lands at his 

 own discretion : State ex rel. Pelton v. Ross, 39 Wash. 399. 



SEC. 139. USE OF LEASED LANDS. 



No lessee or assignee of any lease of state lands leased as scab 

 or pasture lands shall be permitted to use the same for any 

 other purpose than that expressed in the lease : Provided, Said 

 lessee or his assigns may be permitted to clear, plow and cultivate 

 all or any part thereof upon surrendering the said lease and 

 requesting the Commissioner of Public Lands to issue an agricul- 

 tural lease in lieu thereof; upon the payment of the fixed rental 

 under the appraisement of said land the Commissioner shall 



