STATE LAND LAWS 159 



RAILROADS. SECS. 217-218 



SEC. 217. RAILROADS APPRAISEMENT. 



Upon the filing of said list or maps by said company as pro- 

 vided in section 215, said Board of State Land Commissioners are 

 hereby authorized and directed to ascertain and classify the 

 lands affected by, to be used for and included within the afore- 

 said right of way, and shall thereupon fix the price per acre for 

 each lot or block, quarter section and subdivision thereof, less the 

 improvements, if any, so affected by, used for and included 

 within said right of way, which price shall be the full market 

 value thereof but not to be less than ten dollars per acre. (Laws 

 '01, p. 354, sec. 3 ; sec. 6835 Rem.-Bal. ; 171 sec. 185 Pierce.) 



SEC. 218. RAILROADS IMPROVEMENTS TO BE APPRAISED 

 SEPARATELY. 



Should any improvements made as of right and with license 

 from the State of Washington be upon any of such lands 

 at the time of said appraisement, the state board shall separately 

 appraise the same together with the damage and waste done to 

 said lands by the use and occupancy of the same or to adjacent 

 lands and after deducting from the amount of the appraisement 

 for improvements the amount of such damage and waste the bal- 

 ance shall be determined and regarded as the value of said im- 

 provements, and the railroad company if not the owner of such 

 improvements shall deposit with the State Treasurer through the 

 Commissioner of Public Lands the value- of the same as [shown] 

 by said appraisement within thirty days next following the date 

 thereof. That where said right of way affects the improvements 

 of any person other than [the person] owning said improve- 

 ments or entitled thereto under existing law the applicant for 

 said right of way shall file with the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands a valid release of damages duly executed by such person 

 or persons, or a certified copy of a judgment of a court of com- 

 petent jurisdiction showing that the damages resulting to such 

 person or persons, ascertained in acordance [accordance] with 

 existing law, has been made or paid into the registry of such 



