STATE. LAND LAWS 

 SECS. 567-568 LANDS RESERVED. 



sioner of Public Lands of the State of Washington is hereby authorized 

 and directed to cancel such contract or lease, and to refund or cause 

 to be refunded any moneys received by the State of Washington on 

 account of such sale, conveyance, contract or lease. (Laws '01, p. 225, 

 sec. 4.) 



NOTE : All conflicting laws were repealed by sec. 5 of this act. 



SEC. 567. VETERANS' HOME, PORT ORCHARD TIDE LANDS 



FRONTING. 



It shall be the duty of the Board of State Land Commissioners to 

 cause so much of the platted state tide land lots as abuts or lies in 

 front df the tract of ground purchased and held by the state for the 

 use of the Washington Veterans' Home, in lot 5 of section 25, township 

 24 north, range 1 east of the Willamette meridian, to be surveyed, 

 monumented in the field and entered upon the maps of the first class tide 

 lands in front of the town of Port Orchard (formerly Sidney) in Kitsap 

 county, State of Washington, now on file in the office of the Commis- 

 sioner of Public Lands; and the tide lands of the first class, together 

 with so much of the harbor area reserve as lies in front of the site 

 of said Washington Veterans' Home, shall be reserved from sale or 

 other disposition for the use of said Washington Veterans' Home. 

 Thereafter, the remainder of the tide land lot or tract lying in front 

 of and abutting upon lot 5 of section 25, township 24 north, range 1 

 east of the Willamette meridian, may be sold or otherwise disposed of as 

 provided by law. (Laws '09, p. 645, sec. 1.) 



SEC. 568. HEALTH RESORT SOAP LAKE. 



All of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, the west half 

 of the southeast quarter and lots 2 and 3, all in section 24, in town- 

 ship 22, north of range 26, east of Willamette meridian, in Douglas 

 county, State of Washington, is hereby reserved from sale or lease, and 

 the same shall not be sold or leased unless directed by the Legislature 

 of the State of Washington. (Laws '01, p. 24, sec. 1.) 



NOTE : At time of the passage of this act said land was under a lease 

 which gave the lessee a preference right to re-lease or purchase. Upon applica- 

 tion for mandamus to compel a release and sale, the superior court of Thurston 

 county entered a judgment in cause No. 3191 requiring the Commissioner of 

 Public Lands to accept the lessee's applications, and thereafter all of said lands 

 except Sy 2 of SE^4 were sold in pursuance thereof. 



