The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-19
THE STATE CAPITOL BILL.
Following 10 the text of house bill No. 90, ap-
proved by the governor:


proved BY the governor:
SECTION l. All funds arising from the sale OF
lands granted TO the state of Warrington for the
purpose OF erecting public buildings at the
state capital shall be held intact for the purpose
ior which they were granted Lands. when &C.
transferred to any other grant, nor shall tho
moneys derived from said lands DO applied to
any other purpose than for the erection OF build.
ings at the state capital.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the state land
commission to provide for the sac and DISPOSE.
ton OF said lands. and to make all such reason.
such sale and disposition to Be made most ac-
vantageously for the purpose OF said grant, sub
1ect to such regulations a. may be provided BY
law.
Sec. 8 The state land commission may, from
time to time, "a they may deem best. direct the
sac OF sale lands At public auction, at tho
courthouse ct the county seat of the county In
which the lands offered for sale lie. Not moro
than IL, 600 acres shall be disposed of at any
sale, and each subdivision or lot consisting of
100 acres. or approximating thereto, shall be
separately offered for sale.
Sec. l. Notice OF every sale ct public auction
shall be given by publication thereof in the ON.
cial newspaper OF the county where the land
lies, once week for five successive weeks, the
first publication not to be made more than
iorty-hve days before the date OF such sale; said
notice to describe the several tracts OF land pro-
posed to be sold and to state the appraised value
thereof. Any such sale may be further adver-
tlsed by similsr notice similarly published in
some newspaper In Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle or
Olympia, not the official newspaper of the
county where the lands so offered shall lie.
Every sale at public auction shall be conducted
BY such onicar OF the county In which the land
10 situated - the state land commission shall
appoint for that purpose, who snail make re-
turn thereof according to the rules prescribed
Sec. s The terms of sale shall b - follows:
The purchase price shall be divided into ten
equal parts or payments. The first payment
shall be made at the time Of sale. The second
payment shall be within three months of the
first payment, and thereupou q certificate of
purchase shall be issued BY the state land COM
one, two, three, four. five, six, seven and eight
years, respectively. from and after the date of
the certificate, which certificate shall show the
amount OF the several payments aud the date Of
the payments as made. aud the date of the ma
turity OF the payments to be made. All unpaid
payments shall bear interest at the rate OF per
date OF the certificate until paid. Any or all
payments may be made before maturity: Pro-
rsded, All accrued interest on said payments, to
the time the same are made. shall be paid The
contract or certificate herein provided for shall
be in such form the said land commission
shall prescribe, and shall be executed in dupli-
cate. one copy OF which shall be returned to the
purchaser and one copy fled in the office OF the
commissioner of public lands.
Sec. g. The sale OF every tract or parcel OF land
shall be to the highest bidder therefor, and the
state land commission may at any sale reject all
bids for any tract OF land, aud every sale Mt pub
lie auction shall be subject to the approval of
DO sold for less than the appraised value thereof
Bee. T. All payments on account OF such sale
shall be made to the commissioner of public
lands by draft payable to the state treasurer,
and no certificate OF purchase shall issue till two
such payments have bsen made. And the COM
missioner OF public lands shall keep q true
record of the same aud of all sales made under
the provisions of this act.
Sec. On failure to make any Of said pay
ments at the time required, the sale shall be
void. and the moneys heretofore paid to the
state shall be forfeited to aud belong to the
state. and said land shall again be subject to
sale as hereinbefore provided; Pr0rided, That
for good cause shown the state land commi ssion
may extend to q certificate holder the time for
making payment on his certificate, not to ex.
coed one year.
Sec. Q. When full payment, including inter-
est, shall have been made for any tract or parcel
OF land sold under the provisions OF this act the
certificate therefor may b surrendered to the
state land commissioner who shall thereupon
certify said land for patent Patents shall be
signed by the governor, attestsd BY the secretary
OF state with the seal OF tho state attached, re-
corded in the office Of the commissioner of pub.
lie lands in q book kept for that purpose, and
may be issued TO the purchaser, to his heirs. or
the assignee of his certificate.
Soc. 10. II any person shall cut down. destroy
Of the lands granted to the state OF Washington
for erecting public buildings at the capital Of
said state, before patents shall have been issued
by the state therefor rs herein provided, or shall
or wood, or shall dig. quarry, take or remove
any mineral, earth or stone from such lands,
such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by imprisonment in the county Jail
not less than one month nor more than one
year. or by fine not less than $50 nor more than
$1,000. or both: Protided, That nothing in this
act shall be so construed a. to prevent any pur.
CT aser who shall purchase said land for puf.
may be necessary for domestic use or to clear
land for actual cultivation.