STATE LAND LAWS 295 



LA CONNER TIDE LANDS. SECS. 483-486 



isting laws for similar lands sold for like purposes. (Laws '07, p. 456, 

 sec. 3; sec. 6821 Rem.-Bal.; 373 sec. 33 Pierce.) 



*Secs. 480-4S.-5. 



Conditions on sale of oyster lands : sec. 114 et seq., ante. 



SEC. 483. SAME DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. 



For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act,* the sum 

 of $2,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby ap- 

 propriated from the general fund of the state: Provided, however, 

 That from the proceeds of the sale of any such lands, the amount ap- 

 propriated or so much thereof as may be used, for the purposes herein- 

 before provided, shall be reimbursed to the state general fund, and there- 

 after fifty per cent, of the amount received from the sales of any such 

 lands shall be paid into the state general fund and fifty per cent, shall 

 be paid into a fund to be used for the improvement, protection and 

 supervision of the state oyster reserves. (Laws '07, p. 456, sec. 4; sec. 

 6822 Rem.-Bal.; 373 sec. 35 Pierce.) 



*Secs. 480-483. 



QUERY : Whether this section is not partially repealed by Chapter 8, Laws 

 '07, which was an earlier act of the same session, but which carried an 

 emergency clause and became effective upon April 1, 1907. 



SEC. 484. LA CONNER TIDE LANDS REAPPRAISAL. 



The Board of State Land Commissioners shall, on or before the 

 first day of August, A. D. 1901, make or cause to be made a- reap- 

 praisement of all of the tide lands at, in front of and adjacent to the 

 town of La Conner, in the county of Skagit in the State of Washington, 

 the original appraisement of which is disproportionate to and in excess 

 of the value of such tide lands; and such reappraisement, when made, 

 shall be in lieu of the original appraisement. (Laws '01, p. 9, sec. 1.) 



SEC. 485. LA CONNER RECORD OF REAPPRAISAL. 



When such reappraisement shall have been made, a copy thereof 

 shall be deposited in the office of the auditor of Skagit county. (Laws 

 '01, p. 9, sec. 2.) 



SEC. 486. LA CONNER ADJUSTMENT OF CONTRACTS. 



When such tide lands shall have been reappraised hereunder,* and 

 it has been ascertained that any part or portion thereof has been here- 

 tofore sold on an appraisement in excess of the value thereof as shown 

 by such appraisement, the purchaser, purchasers or their assigns, shall 

 be permitted, and are hereby permitted, to complete the purchase so 

 made upon the valuation as reappraised under the provisions of this 

 act,* and any partial payment heretofore made on such sale shall be 

 credited to such purchasers or their assigns, as if made under the 

 reappraisement hereby* authorized. (Laws '01, p. 9, sec. 3.) 



*Secs. 484-486. 



See note to sec. 471, ante. 



