STATE LAND LAWS 

 SECS. 188-190 MINING LEASE. 



may be readily traced. (Laws '99, p. 71, sec. 10; amended, 

 Laws '01, p. 292, sec. 1; sec. 7367 Rem.-Bal. ; 345 sec. 33 

 Pierce.) 



Cited : 71 Wash. 305. 

 SEC. 188. APPLICATION FOR LEASE AREA. 



Any citizen of the United States finding precious minerals 

 upon any lands belonging to the State of Washington may ap- 

 ply to the Commissioner of Public Lands for a lease of any 

 amount not to exceed eighty acres for prospecting purposes, 

 provided that said applicant has posted up location notice and 

 set corner posts and marked boundary lines as required by the 

 mining laws of the State of Washington. (Laws '97, p. 293, 

 sec. 2; amended, Laws '01, p. 313, sec. 1 ; sec. 6783 Rem.-Bal. ; 



477 sec. 275 Pierce.) 



Manner of locating: sees. 181-187, supra. 



NOTE: A proviso to this section permitted holders of outstanding 

 leases to change the boundaries of their claims so as to conform to sec- 

 tion lines. 



Cited : 55 Wash. 244 ; 56 Wash. 75. 



The lease need cover no more than the claim as located, and such location 

 is not required to conform to the government subdivision lines : State ex rel. 

 Pindall v. Ross, 55 Wash. 242. 



SEC. 189. RENTAL TERM CONDITIONS. 



Before any lease shall be granted the applicants shall pay to 

 [the Commissioner of Public Lands for] the State 

 Treasurer the sum of five dollars for each forty acres 

 or fraction thereof. The holder of a mineral lease, secured as 

 above stated, shall have two years to develop said mine or mines : 

 Provided, That no more than five tons of ore shall be removed 

 therefrom for assaying or testing purposes until a contract, as 

 provided in section 192, shall have been executed. (Laws ? 97, 

 p. 293, sec. 5; amended, Laws '01, p. 313, sec. 2; sec. 6786 

 Rem.-Bal.; 477 sec. 281 Pierce.) 



Taxation of leaseholds: sec. 327, post. 



SEC. 190. TIMBER PRIVILEGES. 



The lessee may cut and use the timber found upon said premises 

 for fuel and construction of buildings, required in the operation 

 of any mine or mines on the premises ; also the timber necessary 



