STATE LAND LAWS 

 COMPLETION FAILURE. SECS. 375-376 



fee per acre : Provided, That no contract under the provisions of 

 this chapter shall be entered into by the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands until the same shall have been approved by the Attorney 

 General and the Governor. (Laws '05, p. 114, sec. 5; sec. 6733 

 Rem.-Bal. ; 271 sec. 383 Pierce.) 

 SEC. 375. TIME OF COMPLETION BOND. 



No contract shall be made by the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands which requires greater time than three years for the con- 

 struction of the works and such additional time as may be 

 granted by the Commissioner of Public Lands not to exceed two 

 years, and all contracts shall state that the work shall begin 

 within six months from the date of the contract; at least one- 

 tenth of the construction work shall be completed within twelve 

 months from the date of said contract, and the construction of 

 said works shall be prosecuted with reasonable diligence to com- 

 pletion. The Commissioner of Public Lands shall, before letting 

 any contract for the construction of any works herein provided 

 for, require the contractor to enter into a bond to the State of 

 Washington in the penal sum of not less than twenty per cent of 

 the estimated cost of the works, conditioned for the faithful per- 

 formance of the terms and conditions of said contract. (Laws 

 '05, p. 115, sec. 6; sec. 6734 Rem.-Bal. ; 271 sec. 385 Pierce.) 

 SEC. 376. FAILURE OF CONTRACTOR; RECEIVER. 



Upon the failure of any party having a contract with the 

 state for the construction of irrigation works, to begin the same 

 within the time specified by the contract, or to complete the same 

 within the time specified by the contract, or to complete the same 

 within the time or in accordance with the specifications of the con- 

 tract with the state, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of 

 Public Lands to give such party written notice of such failure 

 and if, after a period of sixty days from the giving of such no- 

 tice, such party shall have failed to proceed with the work or to 

 conform with the specifications of his contract with the state the 

 bond and contract of such party and all work constructed under 

 such contract shall be at once and thereby forfeited to the state, 

 and it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Public Lands at 



