330 ACTS OF CONGRESS 



SEC. 586 ENABLING ACT. 



veyed, but shall be reserved for school purposes only. (Act Feb. 22, '89; 

 25 Stat. L., p. 679, sec. 11; 6 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 474.) 



Compare Art. XVI, Const., ante. 



Appraisement and sale, generally : sec. 59 et seq., ante. 



Leasing of lands : sec. 128 et seq., ante. 



Entry of school lands prior to survey : sec. 593-594, post. 



As to particular lands, restrictions upon leasing removed by sec. 639, post. 



Preference right of selection : sees. 595-596, post. 



Confirmation of early sales : Const., Art., XVI, sec. 2, ante. 



Minimum appraisement prescribed by statute : sec. 69, ante. 



Cited : 31 Wash. 135 ; 12 Land Dec. 400 ; 21 L. D. 222 ; 29 L. D. 695 ; 

 33 L. D. 182, 341 ; 34 L. D. 658, 718 ; 38 L. D. 248. 



The limitations of this section upon the leasing of lands extend to leases 

 for oil and gas mining under sec. 194 et seq., ante : Opinion Att'y Gen'l, Feb. 

 15, '13. 



This section is a limitation on all grants in the Enabling Act for educational 

 purposes whatsoever : State v. Magnard, 31 Wash. 132. 



This does not apply to lands sold prior to the admission of the state : Romaine 

 v. State, 1 Wash. 215. 



The Legislature may confirm sales of lands made under territorial statutes : 

 Romaine v. State, 7 Wash. 215. 



A statute providing that the limitations for the commencement of actions 

 shall run against the state, so far as it gives title to school lands by adverse 

 possession, is contrary to the conditions of this grant and is void under sec. 1, 

 Art. XVI, Const., ante : O'Brien v. Wilson, 51 Wash. 52 ; State v. Seattle, 57 

 Wash. 602. 



Adverse possession and the payment of taxes upon state lands for seven 

 years under color of title does not show title as against the state : Bryant Lbr. 

 Co. v. Pac. Iron & Steel Wks., 48 Wash. 574; Brace & Eergert Mill Go. v. State, 

 49 Wash. 326. 



The grant of sections 16 and 36, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, was a 

 present grant, which was not, and could not be, in any way curtailed by" sec. 

 1593, post, a later act giving settlers upon such sections prior to survey a 

 preference over the state : State v. Whitney, 66 Wash. 473. 



Sec. 251, ante, authorizing the condemnation of state lands, is not repugnant 

 to this section : Roberts v. Seattle, 63 Wash. 364. 



See notes to sec. 583, supra. 



SEC. 586. GRANT OF CAPITOL BUILDING LANDS. 



Upon the admission of each of said states into the Union, in 

 accordance with the provisions of this act, fifty sections of the unap- 

 propriated public lands within said states, to be selected and located 

 in legal subdivisions, as provided in section 583 of this code, shall be, 

 and are hereby, granted to the states for the purpose of erecting 

 public buildings at the capital of said states for legislative, executive 

 and judicial purposes. (Act Feb. 22, '89; 25 Stat. L., p. 680, sec. 12; 

 6 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 474.) 



Appraisement and sale of such lands : sec. 425 et seq., ante. 



Additional grant for this purpose : sec. 590, post. 



Cited: 13 Wash. 314; 31 Wash. 136; 17 D. D. 575; 36 L. D. 76. 



