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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 
 LIBRARY 
 
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 Book 
 
 Volume 
 
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 TO GOVERN THE 
 
 SALE AND DISPOSITION 
 
 OF 
 
 STATE LANDS 
 
 PASSED BY THE 
 
 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF 1907 
 
 In Effect May 25, 1907 
 
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 1907 
 

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 RELATING TO SALE OF STATE LANDS. 
 
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 CHAPTER 117. 
 
 AN ACT 
 
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 [H. B. 324.] 
 
 _, Providing for the acquisition, classification, management, control, leas¬ 
 ing, sale and disposition by the State of Oregon of all lands inuring to 
 said State from any and all sources, and for the management and in¬ 
 vestment of the moneys arising therefrom, constituting all necessary 
 officers therefor, specifying their duties and salaries, and giving them 
 full powers for the performance thereof, protecting said lands from 
 trespass and injury, providing penalties for the enforcement of the 
 provisions of this act, and repealing Chapters 2 and 3 of Title XXXII 
 of Bellinger and Cotton’s Annotated Codes and Statutes of Oregon, 
 relating to public lands, an act entitled “An act providing for the 
 selection of indemnity school land, and governing the sale of the same, 
 and fixing the price thereof,” approved February 24, 1903, an act 
 0 entitled “An act to amend section 3298 of Bellinger and Cotton’s An¬ 
 notated Codes and Statutes of Oregon,” approved February 18, 1905, 
 and an act entitled “An act to authorize and provide for the invest¬ 
 ment of the surplus of the irreducible school fund, university fund, 
 or agricultural college fund, held by the State Land Board, and to 
 t ' authorize the said land board to make such investments,” approved 
 ' - February 12, 1903. 
 
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 ^ Be it enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: 
 
 ' Section 1. The Governor is hereby appointed Land Commis- 
 " pioner for the State of Oregon, and empowered to locate or se¬ 
 lect the lands to which the State is entitled under the laws of 
 " the United States, or otherwise, and he shall be allowed all 
 (^necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of the 
 "duties prescribed by this act; and he is hereby authorized to 
 appoint such agent or agents as may be necessary in the per¬ 
 formance of his duties. 
 
 Section 2. The Governor shall appoint a “State Land Agent” 
 who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, during good 
 behavior, and whose duty it shall be to ascertain and make a 
 record of the losses sustained by the State of Oregon in sec¬ 
 tions 16 and 36 by or through the United States by reason of 
 settlements, mining claims, Indian reservations, forest re¬ 
 serves, fractional townships, or otherwise, and to satisfy said 
 losses by the selection of vacant government land in accord- 
 
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 ance with the laws of the State and the United States; and he 
 shall perform such other duties as are hereinafter provided, or 
 as may be required by the Governor or the State Land Board. 
 
 Section 3. The State Land Agent shall receive an annual 
 salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, same 
 to be paid quarterly as other salaries are paid; and he shall 
 be allowed nine hundred dollars per annum for clerical assist¬ 
 ance and shall be allowed all necessary expenses incurred by 
 him in the performance of his duties, and said expenses and 
 allowance for clerical assistance shall be paid by order of the 
 State Land Board out of the school fund interest account. 
 
 Section 4. For the purpose of this act the state lands shall 
 be classified as follows: 
 
 (a) School Lands. Sections 16 and 36 in each township 
 granted to the State by act of Congress approved February 
 14, 1859; all lands selected for internal improvements under 
 the act of Congress of September 4, 1841, and all lands selected 
 for capitol building purposes under the act of Congress ap¬ 
 proved February 14, 1859. 
 
 (b) Indemnity Lands. Lands selected to satisfy losses in 
 sections 16 and 36, as provided by the laws of the United States. 
 
 (c) University Lands. Lands granted to the State by the 
 United States for the support and maintenance of the State 
 University. 
 
 (d) College Lands. Lands granted to the State for the 
 support and maintenance of the State Agricultural College. 
 
 (e) Swamp Lands. Land claimed by the State under the 
 act of Congress, approved September 28, 1850, and extended 
 to the State of Oregon, by an act of Congress, approved March 
 12, 1860. 
 
 (f) Tide and Overflow Lands. All lands over which the 
 tide ebbs and flows from the line of ordinary high tide to the 
 line of mean low tide, and all islands, shore lands, and other 
 such lands held by the State by virtue of her sovereignty. 
 
 (g) Farm Lands. Lands acquired by deed, gift, operation 
 of law, or by the foreclosure of mortgages taken to secure loans 
 from the school, college, university, or other funds. 
 
 Section 5. The Governor, Secretary of State, and State 
 Treasurer are hereby made a Board of Commissioners for the 
 sale of state lands, and for the investment of the funds arising 
 therefrom, and shall be styled the “State Land Board”; said 
 State Land Board shall have power, and is hereby authorized 
 to use a common seal, and the Secretary of State shall procure 
 such seal for said board. 
 
 Section 6. The State Land Board shall have power and is 
 hereby authorized to appoint a clerk, who shall be known as 
 the “Clerk of the State Land Board,” and shall serve for four 
 
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 years, or during good behavior. He shall keep his office in the 
 State House, and shall have power to take and certify the proof 
 and acknowledgement of a conveyance of real property, or any 
 other written instrument authorized or required to be proven 
 or acknowledged; and it shall be his duty to keep the seal of the 
 board, and affix it in all cases where he is required by law; to 
 keep the records, files, and other papers pertaining to his office; 
 to attend all meetings of the board; to keep a faithful record 
 of all transactions; to administer oaths; to receive and place 
 on file all applications for the purchase of lands or loans of 
 money; to receive all communications addressed to the board, 
 and place the same on file; to conduct all correspondence re¬ 
 quired by the board; to receive, receipt for, and make immed¬ 
 iate payment to the State Treasurer of all moneys received for 
 the sale of lands, taking his receipt therefor, specifying the par¬ 
 ticular fund to which such moneys belong, and whether received 
 as principal or interest, and to perform such other duties and 
 acts as the board may direct. 
 
 Section 7. Said clerk of the State Land Board shall take an 
 oath of office to faithfully perform the duties of his office, and 
 shall execute an undertaking in such sum as the board may pre¬ 
 scribe, (not less than five thousand dollars), conditional that he 
 will make immediate payment to the State Treasurer of all 
 moneys coming into his hands as clerk of such board, and other¬ 
 wise perform the duties of his office. 
 
 Section 8. The clerk of the State Land Board shall receive 
 an annual salary of two thousand four hundred dollars* which 
 shall be paid quarterly, upon order of the board, from the 
 school fund interest account. 
 
 Section 9. The State Land Board is hereby authorized to 
 sell or lease all lands owned by the State, and shall make such 
 rules and regulations as are necessary for the transaction of 
 business and carrying out the provisions of this act. They 
 shall meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, 
 and shall have authority to pass upon all matters properly 
 coming before them for consideration, and in any way affecting 
 the lands of the State; to hear and decide all disputes between 
 applicants; to cancel and annul certificates of sale obtained 
 through fraud, or in any illegal manner; and all their acts and 
 decisions as to the legal title, and the right to a certificate of 
 sale or deed from the State, shall be final. 
 
 Section 10. All necessary expenses for clerical assistance, 
 books, blanks, stationery, postage, and other incidental expen¬ 
 ses, shall be audited, upon proper vouchers, and paid by order 
 of the board out of the interest fund. 
 
 Section 11. Any person over 18 years of age, who is a citi¬ 
 zen of the United States, or has declared his intention to be- 
 
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 come such, is entitled to purchase any of the lands of the State, 
 and any such person desiring to purchase state lands, other 
 than farm lands, shall file with the clerk of the State Land 
 Board an application to purchase, which shall be. substantially 
 as follows: 
 
 APPLICATION TO PURCHASE. 
 
 To the State Land Board : 
 
 I hereby apply to purchase the following described.lands, 
 
 situated in.County, Oregon, to-wit: ... 
 
 all in township ., range., containing ..acres, and 
 
 I agree to pay for the same according to law. 
 
 Signature of Applicant. 
 
 This.day of., A. D. 190.— 
 
 State of Oregon, 
 
 County of . 
 
 I, ..., being first duly sworn, say 
 
 that I am over eighteen years of age; that I am a citizen of the United 
 
 States; that I reside at No.street, city of. 
 
 county of ., State of ., and my post-office 
 
 address is .; that the proposed purchase is 
 
 for my own benefit; that I have not directly made any previous purchase 
 of land from the State of Oregon of the kind described above, nor has 
 any one for me, which, together with the land described in the above 
 application, exceeds three hundred and twenty acres; that I have made no 
 contract or agreement, expressed or implied, for the sale or disposal of 
 the land applied for, in case I am permitted to purchase the same, and 
 that there is no valid adverse claim thereto. 
 
 Signed in the presence of 
 
 Signature of Applicant. 
 
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this.day of. 
 
 190...., and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the 
 applicant whose signature appears above, and that .... he is the identical 
 person described in the foregoing affidavit. 
 
 State of Oregon, 
 
 County of. 
 
 I, ..., residing at No. street, 
 
 city of., county of., and State of.. 
 
 and ., residing at No.. street, city of 
 
 ., county of ... and State of ., being 
 
 first duly sworn, depose and say, each for himself, that the address given 
 after my name herein is my true place of residence; that the within 
 
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 applicant is personally known to me; that .... he signed and swore to the 
 within application in my presence, and I signed my name as a witness 
 
 to h. signature in h. presence; and that I believe ....he makes the 
 
 within application for h. own use and benefit. 
 
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this . day of ., 
 
 190.—, and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the 
 persons whose signatures appear above, and that they are the identical 
 persons described in the foregoing affidavit. 
 
 Said application shall contain a correct and precise descrip¬ 
 tion of the lands applied for, in accordance with the survey 
 thereof, by the United States, and the required affidavits 
 therein shall be made before some notary public or county clerk 
 in this State; provided, however, that where application is 
 made for tide or overflow lands, the applicant shall, at his or 
 her own expense, cause the same to be surveyed by the county 
 surveyor for the county in which the lands lie; such survey to 
 connect with and conform to the adjacent surveys of the United 
 States, so far as may be practicable; and shall submit to the 
 State Land Board, with his or her application, an accurate map 
 of the lands applied for, showing the courses and distances 
 of the boundary line, and a correct calculation of the area 
 thereof, which map shall be duly verified by the oath of the said 
 surveyor. Applicants to purchase tide or overflow lands shall, 
 in addition to the usual declaration contained in applications 
 to purchase, make the following declaration and waiver, to- 
 wit: “This application is made with a full knowledge of the 
 character of the land applied for and of the title of the State 
 thereto, and I hereby waive and relinquish all right to and claim 
 upon the State for the return of the purchase price of said 
 lands, in case said lands, or any part thereof, do not belong 
 to the State.” 
 
 Section 12. The State Land Board shall require applicants 
 to purchase tide and overflow lands to pay in full for such 
 lands at the time of purchase; but applicants to purchase 
 school, college, university, swamp, or indemnity lands may, 
 if they so desire, make payments as follows: One-fifth of the 
 purchase price in cash, at the time of purchase; one-fifth in 
 one year, with interest at eight per cent per annum; one-fifth 
 in two years, with interest at seven per cent per annum, and 
 the remaining two-fifths of the purchase on demand with in¬ 
 terest at six per cent per annum, interest on all deferred pay¬ 
 ments payable annually; provided, however, that the demand 
 
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 payment shall not be allowed to stand for a longer period than 
 five years from the date of the issuance of the certificate. 
 
 Section 13. When an applicant to purchase desires to make 
 payments in installments, as provided in section 12, the State 
 Land Board shall, upon receipt of one-fifth of the purchase 
 price of the lands applied for, deliver to the purchaser a cer¬ 
 tificate that he has contracted to purchase the lands therein 
 described, has paid a certain sum thereon, and has undertaken 
 to make certain other payments, specifying the amounts, times 
 of payment, and rates of interest and that, upon making full 
 payment of principal and interest as specified, and upon the 
 surrender of the certificate of sale, the purchaser, his heirs or 
 assigns, shall be entitled to a deed for the lands therein de¬ 
 scribed; but in case any installment of principal or interest 
 shall remain unpaid for one year after the same becomes due, 
 then the sale and certificate shall be void, and all payments 
 thereon shall be forfeited. 
 
 Section 14. The State Land Board shall preserve, in a bound 
 volume, duplicates of all certificates of sale issued, with an 
 alphabetical index to the same, and shall note on each duplicate 
 all the payments of principal or interest made on the purchase 
 price of the lands described in such certificate. 
 
 Section 15. All assignments of certificates of sale shall be 
 executed and acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to 
 real estate, and the assignee, upon full payment of the amount 
 due on the purchase price, and delivery to the board of such cer¬ 
 tificate and assignment, shall receive a deed, for the lands de¬ 
 scribed in such certificate, in his own name, as if he were the 
 original purchaser. 
 
 Section 16. If any installment of the purchase price of 
 land, principal or interest, shall remain unpaid for one year 
 after the same becomes due, the certificate shall, without fur¬ 
 ther notice, be cancelled by order of the board, and all pay¬ 
 ments thereon shall be forfeited, and the land shall be deemed 
 vacant and subject to sale as if it had not been before sold. 
 
 Section 17. When full payment of the purchase price is 
 made at the time of purchase, or upon full payment of the in¬ 
 stallments due on the certificate of sale as provided in sec¬ 
 tions 13 and 15 of this act, the purchaser shall receive a deed 
 substantially in the following form: 
 
 STATE OF OREGON. 
 
 In consideration of ....-....-. 
 
 . ..... dollars, 
 
 paid to the State Land Board, the State of Oregon does hereby grant, 
 bargain, sell and convey unto . 
 
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 the following described lands, to-wit: Situate in 
 County, Oregon: 
 
 Subject, however, to right-of-way for ditches, canal and reservoir sites 
 for irrigation purposes, constructed, or which may be constructed, by 
 authority of the United States or otherwise, which right-of-way is hereby 
 expressly reserved. 
 
 To have and hold the same, unto the said . 
 
 his heirs and assigns forever. 
 
 Witness the seal of the State Land Board 
 affixed this . day of . 
 
 Governor. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Which deed, without acknowledgment, shall be admitted to 
 record, and shall convey to the grantee all the estate which the 
 State has in the lands at the date thereof; and the board shall 
 preserve in a bound volume a true copy of all such deeds, with 
 an alphabetical index of the names of grantees, and such copies 
 shall be primary evidence of such conveyance. 
 
 Section 18. The State Land Board may fix the price at which 
 school, university, college, and swamp lands may be sold; pro¬ 
 vided, however, that no such lands shall be sold for less than 
 two dollars and fifty cents per acre. 
 
 Section 19. All tide and overflow lands shall be sold or leased 
 only to the highest bidder, after being duly advertised for a per¬ 
 iod of sixty days in two or more newspapers of general circu¬ 
 lation in the State, one of which must be a paper published in 
 the county in which the lands lie; provided , however, that no 
 such lands shall be sold for less than five dollars per acre, and 
 that the owner or owners of any lands abutting or fronting on 
 such tide and overflow lands shall have the preference right 
 to lease or purchase at the highest price offered, provided the 
 offer is made in good faith; and it is further provided , no accre¬ 
 tions to islands heretofore sold by the State shall be leased and 
 that no tide or overflowed lands, excepting those connected with 
 the shore, shall be sold until ten years after the approval of 
 this act. 
 
 Section 20. The price of indemnity land shall be fixed from 
 
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 time to time by the State Land Board; provided, however , that 
 no such lands shall be sold for less than five dollars per acre. 
 
 Section 21. The State Land Agent shall, if the State has 
 available base or scrip, select as idemnity lands such vacant 
 government lands as may be applied for by legal applicants, 
 upon receipt of their applications to purchase, together with the 
 non-mineral affidavit and filing fees, as required by the rules 
 and regulations of the General Land Office, and a payment of 
 at least one-fifth of the price of indemnity lands as fixed by the 
 State Land Board; and he shall upon return of a copy of the 
 selection list approved by the register and receiver of the local 
 United States land office, pay over to the clerk of the State 
 Land Board such moneys as were received on account of the 
 purchase price of said lands, taking his receipt therefor in the 
 name of the person making application to purchase said lands; 
 and such moneys so received by the clerk of the State Land 
 Board shall be paid to the State Treasurer; and when said lands 
 have been clear listed or patented to the State by the United 
 States, the board shall issue deeds or certificates, as the case 
 may be, to the applicants; provided, however, that no certificate 
 or deed shall be issued for indemnity lands until the same have 
 been patented to the State by the United States, and that in 
 the event of failure by the State to secure patent, the money so 
 received shall be repaid to the applicant upon his or her making 
 proper application to the board and surrendering the clerks , 
 receipt. 
 
 Section 22. Any legal applicant is entitled to purchase three 
 hundred and twenty acres of each of the following classes of 
 land, to-wit: School, indemnity, university, college, swamp, or 
 tide and overflow lands; provided, however, that where a sec¬ 
 tion contains legal subdivisions of odd acreage, the board may, 
 in its discretion, accept an application for an amount not to 
 exceed three hundred and thirty acres; and, provided, further, 
 that nothing contained herein shall interfere with the issuance 
 of deeds to the holders of assignments of certificates of sale 
 as hereinbefore provided. 
 
 Section 23. The State Land Board is hereby authorized to 
 execute leases and contracts for the mining of gold, silver, 
 copper, lead, cinnabar, or other valuable minerals from any 
 lands which the State now owns and to which it may hereafter 
 acquire title, and shall make such rules and regulations as may 
 be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act. 
 
 Section 24. Any citizen of the United States finding precious 
 minerals upon any unsold lands of the State of Oregon may ap¬ 
 ply to the State Land Board for a lease of any amount of land 
 not to exceed the amount and dimensions allowed by the mining 
 laws of the State and the United States. 
 
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 Section 25. The manner of locating a mineral claim upon 
 state land shall be in accordance with the law of the State reg¬ 
 ulating the location of mineral claims on government lands; 
 : provided, that any citizen or citizens who may have found min¬ 
 erals on unsold state lands previous to the passage of this act 
 and posted notices in accordance with the mining laws of the 
 State of Oregon and the United States, shall have preference 
 right to lease the same, and shall have ninety (90) days after 
 the passage of this act, in which to make application to the 
 State Land Board for such lease 
 
 Section 26. For the purpose of developing such mine or 
 mines, the applicant shall, upon payment of twenty-five (25) 
 dollars, receive from the State Land Board a lease for two 
 years; provided , however , that no more than five tons of ore 
 shall be removed from the premises for assaying or testing pur¬ 
 poses until a contract shall have been executed, as hereinafter 
 provided. 
 
 Section 27. The lessee may cut and use the timber found 
 upon said premises for fuel, and in the construction of build¬ 
 ings required in the operation of any mine, or mines, on the 
 premises, also the timber necessary for drains, tramways and 
 supports for such mine, or mines, but for no other purpose. 
 
 Section 28. Any time prior to the expiration of said lease, 
 the lease holder, or any assignee thereof, shall have the right to 
 obtain from said State Land Board a contract, which shall bind 
 the State of Oregon as a party of the first part, and the person 
 or persons, or corporation, to whom said contract shall issue, 
 as party of the second part, in a mutual observance of such 
 obligations, terms, and conditions as may be agreed upon by 
 said State Land Board and the said lessee. 
 
 Section 29. When the lessee commits fraud, the penalty 
 shall be the forfeiture of the mine, or mines, and all property 
 pertaining thereto, and all moneys paid thereon. 
 
 Section 30. If any person shall cut down, remove, destroy, 
 or injure, or permit to be cut down, remove, destroyed, or in¬ 
 jured, any timber, trees, or firewood, standing, growing, or ly¬ 
 ing upon any of the lands of this State before deed shall have 
 been issued by the State therefor, as provided by law, or shall 
 take or remove, or cause to be taken or removed from any such 
 lands, any timber, wood, clay, sand, or other material or sub¬ 
 stance thereon, or shall, unless he be a bona fide mineral claim¬ 
 ant under the mining laws of the United States or by contract 
 with the State, dig, quarry, take or remove any mineral, earth, 
 or stone from such lands, or shall cause to be dug, quarried, 
 taken or removed any mineral, earth, or stone from such lands, 
 or shall otherwise injure, deface, or damage or shall cause to 
 be injured, defaced, or damaged, any such lands, he shall be 
 
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 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be 
 punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 
 one month, nor more than one year, or by fine of not less than 
 fifty, nor more than one thousand dollars, or both; provided, 
 that the State shall not be required to prove title to the lands 
 in question, and the fact that said lands have been selected by 
 the State, or are a part of section 16 or 36 in any township, 
 shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the state’s title; 
 provided, further, that any person who shall hold such lands 
 under contract with the State for the purchase thereof, and oc¬ 
 cupy the same for the purpose of a home, may, with the writ¬ 
 ten consent of the State Land Board, cut such timber as may 
 be necessary for domestic use or to clear land for actual culti¬ 
 vation. 
 
 Section 31. The State Land Agent is hereby directed and 
 empowered to investigate all trespasses on and damage to state 
 lands and prosecute the same under the law, subject always to 
 the consent of the State Land Board first obtained, and is 
 directed and empowered to appear before the United States 
 Land Office in all cases involving the title or claim of the State 
 to its granted land or lands selected in lieu thereof and shall 
 be authorized and empowered with the consent of the said 
 board, to summon witnesses and the expenses of such investi¬ 
 gations and contests shall be paid by order of the State Land 
 Board out of the interest fund. 
 
 Section 32. At all hearings pertaining to the lands of the 
 State of Oregon or any part thereof, as provided by this act, 
 the State Land Board shall, in its discretion, have power to 
 issue subpoenas and compel thereby the attendance of wit¬ 
 nesses at such time and place as may be fixed by the board, to be 
 stated in the subpoena, and to conduct the examination thereof. 
 Said subpoenas may be served by the sheriff of any county, or 
 by any other officer authorized by law to serve process, or by 
 the State Land Agent, or any person over the age of twenty- 
 one years, competent to be a witness, but who is not a party to 
 the matter in which said subpoena is issued. Each person sub¬ 
 poenaed by the board on behalf of the State shall be allowed 
 the same fees and mileage as provided by law to be paid wit¬ 
 nesses in criminal cases in this State; and said fees and mileage 
 shall be paid by warrant on the interest fund. Any person 
 duly served with a subpoena as herein provided, and shall fail 
 to obey the same without legal excuse, shall be considered in 
 contempt, and the board shall certify the facts thereof to the 
 circuit court of the district in which such witness may reside, 
 and upon legal proof thereof such witness shall suffer the same 
 penalties as are now provided in like cases in the courts in this 
 State; provided, that the certificate of the State Land Board 
 
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 shall be considered by the court as prima facie evidence of the 
 guilt of the party charged with contempt. 
 
 Section 33. The State Land Board shall not call in question 
 the title of any person to any swamp lands which he may have 
 acquired by full and complete compliance with the pre-emption 
 or homestead laws of the United States, nor shall the board 
 sell to any one any unsurveyed swamp lands, or swamp lands 
 on which any settler shall have made and perfected bona fide 
 legal entry under the laws of the United States. 
 
 Section 34. Nothing in this act shall be construed to pre¬ 
 vent the legislature of this State, or the corporate authorities 
 of any city or town thereof, from regulating the building of 
 wharves or other improvements in any bay, harbor, or inlet of 
 this State, or construed as a grant of the exclusive right to 
 any person or persons to use the natural oyster beds of this 
 State. The grantee of any tide and overflow lands under this 
 act shall hold the same subject to the easement of the public, 
 as provided by the existing laws of this State, to enter thereon 
 and remove, under the provisions and restrictions of the laws 
 now in force or which may hereafter be enacted, oysters and 
 other shell fish therefrom. 
 
 Section 35. In all cases where clerical errors have been 
 made in deeds for any state lands heretofore or which may 
 hereafter be sold, the State Land Board is authorized, upon 
 the production of satisfactory proof of such errors, where the 
 rights of innocent parties have not intervened, to execute 
 corrected deeds to the holders thereof, keeping a record of the 
 same; and where lands, other than tide or overflowed and un¬ 
 surveyed or unpatented swamp lands, have been sold and the 
 State cannot convey title to the purchaser, the State Land 
 Board shall repay to the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, 
 all sums which may have been paid to the board on account 
 of the purchase price of said lands, including the interest paid 
 upon deferred payments, upon the presentation of a proper 
 application for repayment, the production of satisfactory proof 
 of the facts and the surrender of the certificate, and the assign¬ 
 ment, if held by assignment, or if deed has been issued, 
 upon reconveyance by duly executed and recorded quit-claim 
 deed of whatever title or color of title was received from the 
 State. Where a certificate of sale has been issued by the 
 State Land Board upon a false, forged, or fraudulent applica¬ 
 tion and said certificate is held by assignment by a third party, 
 who had no knowledge of the fraud at the time of such assign¬ 
 ment, the State Land Board may, in its discretion, refund to 
 the holder of such assigned certificate such sums as were naid 
 the State Land Board on account of the purchase price of the 
 lands covered by said certificate, including the interest paid 
 
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 upon deferred payments, upon his making proper application 
 to the board for repayment and surrendering for cancellation 
 the said certificate and assignment. 
 
 Section 36. The irreducible school fund of this State shall 
 be composed of the proceeds of the sales of the sixteenth and 
 thirty-sixth section of every township of this State, or of any 
 lands selected in lieu thereof; all the moneys and clear pro¬ 
 ceeds of all property which may accrue to the State by escheat 
 or forfeiture; all moneys which may be paid as exemption from 
 military duty; the proceeds of all gifts, devises and bequests 
 made by any person to the State for common school purposes; 
 the proceeds of all property granted to the State when the 
 purpose of such grant shall not be stated; all proceeds of the 
 sale of tide and overflow lands, and all the proceeds of the sale 
 of the five hundred thousand acres of land to which this State 
 is entitled by an act of Congress approved September 4, 1841, 
 and all lands selected for capitol building purposes under act 
 of Congress approved February 14, 1859; and all the proceeds 
 as aforesaid shall be set apart as a separate and irreducible 
 fund, to be called the “Irreducible School Fund,” the interest 
 of which shall be exclusively applied to the support and main¬ 
 tenance of common schools in each school district in this 
 State; provided , however , that all lawful claims for repayment 
 of moneys out of escheated estates and for attorneys’ fees and 
 all other expenses in any suit or proceeding relating to es¬ 
 cheated estates shall be audited by the State Land Board and 
 paid from said fund principal. 
 
 Section 37. All moneys belonging to the irreducible school 
 fund, university fund, or agricultural college fund, shall be 
 loaned by the State Land Board at six per cent per annum, 
 interest payable semi-annually on the first day of January 
 and the first day of July of each year; provided , however , that 
 if at any time there be a surplus of either of these funds over 
 and above all loans applied for, the State Land Board may, in 
 its discretion, invest such portion of said surplus, as in their 
 judgment they may deem proper, in bonds issued by school 
 districts in the State of Oregon, the legality of such bonds 
 to be approved by the Attorney-General. 
 
 Section 38. The principal and interest of all loans shall be 
 paid in gold coin of the United States or its equivalent; and 
 such loans shall be secured by note and mortgage to the State 
 Land Board on real estate in this State of not less than thrice 
 the value of the amount loaned, exclusive of perishable im¬ 
 provements, of unexceptionable title, and free from all incum¬ 
 brances, or by a deposit of United States bond or bonds or 
 treasury warrants of this State of a face value of not less than 
 twenty-five per cent in excess of such loans. All the loans 
 
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 herein provided for shall be made for the period of one year; 
 provided, that in case the interest is promptly paid and the 
 security remains unimpaired, the board may, in its discretion, 
 permit the loan to stand for a period of not longer than ten 
 years. Upon the payment of any loan, or of any bond, the 
 principal shall again be loaned or invested in like manner as 
 in this section provided. 
 
 Section 39. The State Land Board shall adopt such meth¬ 
 ods, rules and regulations for ascertaining the value of and 
 state of the title of any lands proposed as security for any 
 loan under the provisions of this act as shall be satisfactory 
 to the board; provided, that all expenses of ascertaining the 
 same shall be at the expense of the applicant, and in no case 
 a charge upon the State or the fund from which such proposed 
 loan is to be made. 
 
 Section 40. All notes for loans from any of the funds men¬ 
 tioned in this act shall specify the fund from which such loan 
 was made. 
 
 Section 41. The State Land Board shall take all proper 
 measures for the prompt collection of the interest on all loans 
 from any of the funds specified in this act as fast as the same 
 becomes due, and place the same to the credit of the fund 
 from which the loan was made, to be paid out as provided by / 
 law, the interest on the university fund to the support of the 
 University of Oregon, and the interest on the college fund to 
 the support of the Agricultural College, and to be paid to the 
 board of regents semi-annually. 
 
 Section 42. At the time of offering for sale any bonds 
 issued by any school district in Oregon, notice of such issue 
 and the amount thereof shall be given to the State Land Board 
 by the school district officers in charge of such issue, and the 
 State Land Board shall have the preferential right to pur¬ 
 chase and pay for all or any number of said bonds out of the 
 irreducible school fund, university fund, or agricultural college 
 fund, or other funds in its hands or under its control, at their 
 par value, provided said bonds cannot be sold by such school 
 district for more than their par value. After receiving 
 such notice the said State Land Board shall determine 
 whether or not to purchase such bonds, or any number 
 of them, and said State Land Board shall immediately 
 thereafter give notice to the proper school district officers of 
 its decision, which decision shall be binding upon the officers 
 charged with the issuance and execution of such bonds. If 
 the State Land Board determine not to make such purchase, 
 or to purchase only a part of such issue, then the officials in 
 charge of the execution of such bonds shall proceed to adver¬ 
 tise and sell such bonds as the State Land Board elects not to 
 take, in the manner now provided by law. 
 
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 Section 43. There shall be presented to said State Land 
 Board, at the time of the giving of the notice of such issue of 
 bonds, full and complete proof of the proceedings and actions 
 taken in reference to the issue of said bonds, with the opinion 
 of the district attorney, or local attorney for the State Land 
 Board, showing the regularity and legality thereof, together 
 with a certificate showing the amount of the taxable property 
 and the amount of the indebtedness against such school district, 
 and any other information required by the State Land Board. 
 
 Section 44. Any purchase by said State Land Board may 
 be made payable in any number of years, not less than one, and 
 due in any number of years, not to exceed twenty, and any 
 such bonds purchased by said State Land Board may be writ¬ 
 ten or printed with or without coupons, and the denominations 
 may be in any amount, not exceeding $10,000, as may be agreed 
 upon by the parties and the interest shall not be less than five 
 per cent per annum. 
 
 Section 45. When any such bond or bonds are duly executed 
 and delivered to the State Land Board, the State Land Board 
 shall cause the same to be paid for, specifying the fund out 
 of which the same is payable, in favor of the school district is¬ 
 suing such bonds, and the body receiving the same shall place 
 the same to the credit of the fund for which the same was 
 borrowed. 
 
 Section 46. All bonds purchased under the provisions of 
 this act shall be subject to the sale and disposition at any time, 
 under the order and direction of said board, when the said board 
 shall deem it advisable to make such sale and disposition 
 thereof; and the proceeds of such sale shall be divided and 
 paid into the fund from which the investment was made, the 
 principal to the permanent fund and the interest and other 
 profits to the interest fund, and the principal may be reinvested 
 in such bonds as may be deemed prudent by said land board. 
 Every sale or disposition of bonds authorized in this section 
 shall be reported, with the reasons therefor, to the legislature, 
 in the biennial report of the State Land Board. 
 
 Section 47. It shall be mandatory upon all officers in 
 charge of school districts for bond sales to first offer the pro¬ 
 posed issue of bonds to the State Land Board for the invest¬ 
 ment of the irreducible school, university, or agricultural 
 college, or other fund in their charge, and any willful failure 
 to comply herewith shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punish¬ 
 able by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, and the 
 district attorney of the judicial district for the proper county 
 must prosecute such offending officers upon the request of the 
 State Land Board. 
 
 Section 48. The State Land Board shall on the first day of 
 
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 August of each year, and oftener if deemed advisable, divide 
 the interest on hand arising from the irreducible school fund 
 among the several counties of this State in proportion to the 
 number of children resident therein between the ages of four 
 and twenty. The amount apportioned to each county shall 
 be placed in the custody of the county treasurer, who shall 
 report the same to the county superintendent of common 
 schools for distribution among the several school districts of 
 his county. 
 
 Section 49. It shall be the duty of the State Land Board to 
 foreclose all mortgages taken to secure loans from the school 
 or other funds whenever more than one year’s interest on the 
 loan is due and unpaid, and all mortgages which are not 
 adequate security for the money loaned, and they may, in their 
 discretion, bid in the land in the name of the State at a price 
 not to exceed the total amount of the State’s claim, or they 
 may accept a deed or a release of the equity of redemption and 
 all such purchases heretofore made are hereby ratified and 
 confirmed. 
 
 Section 50. The clerk of the State Land Board shall keep 
 a correct record of all such purchases with a description of the 
 lands so purchased or acquired, and a statement of the fund to 
 which they belong, and such lands shall be placed in the hands 
 of the State Land Agent and sold or leased under the direction 
 of the Board on the best terms obtainable, and the proceeds, to 
 the amount of the principal of the loans, shall be paid into a 
 fund from which the loans were made, and the excess, if any, 
 to the interest account of said fund. All sales of lands acquired 
 under foreclosure proceedings, heretofore made by said board 
 are hereby ratified and confirmed, and whenever the full pur¬ 
 chase price thereof shall have been paid, title in fee simple 
 shall vest in the purchasers, their successors or assigns. 
 
 Section 51. Chapter 2 and chapter 3 of title XXXII of 
 Bellinger and Cotton’s Annotated Codes and Statutes of Ore¬ 
 gon and an act entitled “An act providing for the selection of 
 indemnity school land, and governing the sale of the same, 
 and fixing the price thereof,” approved February 24, 1903, and 
 an act entitled “An act to amend section 3298 of Bellinger and 
 Cotton’s Annotated Codes and Statutes of Oregon,” approved 
 February 18, 1905, and an act entitled “An act to authorize and 
 provide for the investment of the surplus of the irriducible 
 school fund, university fund, or agricultural college fund, held 
 by the State Land Board, and to authorize the said land board 
 to make such investments,” approved February 12, 1903, are 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 Filed in the office of the Secretary of State, February 23, 
 1907. 
 
LAWS RELATING TO STATE LANDS. 
 
 From Bellinger and Cotton’s Annotated Codes and 
 Statutes of Oregon. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 OF THE CONFIRMATION OF LAND TITLES, AND OF DEFAULTS 
 ON PURCHASE PRICE NOTES. 
 
 § 3331. Confirmation of Tide Land Titles. 
 
 The titles to all tide lands within this State, and all tide flats 
 not adjacent to the shore in the waters of the State, which have 
 been heretofore sold to purchasers by the State of Oregon, — 
 where the purchaser has, in good faith, actually paid to the 
 State the purchase price, and the same has been received by the 
 State, and the purchaser has not purchased from the State to 
 exceed three hundred and twenty acres of that character or 
 class of land, —are hereby confirmed to such and all such pur¬ 
 chasers and grantees of the State, without reference to the 
 amount of any other character of lands purchased by such pur¬ 
 chaser theretofore from the State. [L. 1899, p. 57, § 1.] 
 
 The title to land of a person not entitled to purchase state lands, who has obtained a 
 deed thereto by making false affidavit as to his qualifications, is not confirmed by this 
 section, as the statute was only for the purpose of confirming the title of persons pur¬ 
 chasing tide lands who had formerly purchased the legal limit of other lauds from the 
 state: State v. Carlson, 40-, 67 Pac. 516. 
 
 § 3332. Confirmation of Titles to State, School, and University Lands. 
 
 All deeds to state, school, and university lands, the purchase 
 price of which has been paid to the board of commissioners for 
 the sale of school and university lands and for the investment 
 of the fund arising therefrom, are hereby confirmed to the 
 grantees of the state, or to their lawful heirs or assigns, to¬ 
 gether with all right, title, or interest which the state might or 
 could have in any of the said lands; provided , that this act shall 
 not apply to or confirm the title to any lands which were 
 procured by false swearing or by fraudulent representations. 
 [L. 1891, p. 102, § 1.] 
 
 § 3333. Notice to Delinquents—Lands Forfeited, When. 
 
 The said board of commissioners is hereby authorized and 
 directed to forthwith notify all purchasers of lands who have 
 
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 not paid the interest due on their notes given for the purchase 
 price of such lands, in accordance with law, to pay such delin¬ 
 quent interest within six months from the date of the passage 
 of this act. If any such purchaser shall fail to pay any such 
 arrears of interest within the time required by this act, the land 
 described in his certificate of sale shall be considered forfeited, 
 and shall be subject to sale to any lawful applicant therefor; 
 provided , however , that if such arrears of interest be paid 
 within six months from the date of the approval of this act, or 
 if after the expiration of such period, and prior to any appli¬ 
 cation for such land, the original purchaser shall tender to the 
 board the full amount of interest due, together with the prin¬ 
 cipal of his unpaid notes, he shall be entitled to receive a deed 
 for such land. [L. 1891, p. 102, § 2.] 
 
 $ 3334. Confirmation of Title to Swamp Lands. 
 
 All the rights and title of the State of Oregon to the swamp 
 and overflowed lands of this State, and claimed by persons who 
 have completed settlement thereon, or who may hereafter com¬ 
 plete settlement under the provisions of the pre-emption or 
 homestead laws of the United States, and shall have obtained 
 a patent or certificate of* final proof therefor, be and is hereby 
 granted and confirmed unto such claimant, his heirs or assigns, 
 respectively. [L. 1885, p. 131, § 1; H. C. § 3613; L. 1889, p. 
 100 , § 1 .] 
 
 \ 3335. Quitclaim Deed to Issue in What Cases. 
 
 Upon application of any such claimant to the State Board of 
 Land Commissioners, with proof of claim evidenced by United 
 States patent or final certificate of proof of settlement and pay¬ 
 ment, issued from the United States land office, said board 
 shall execute and deliver to such claimant, without charge, a 
 quitclaim deed of the State’s right and title to the lands so 
 claimed. [L. 1885, p. 131, § 2; H. C. § 3614; L. 1889, p. 100, 
 § 2 .] 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 OF RIGHTS OF WAY OVER STATE LANDS. 
 
 $ 3336. Right of Way for Railroads. 
 
 There is hereby granted to any and all railways hereafter to 
 be built within the boundaries of the State, to the companies or 
 corporations constructing the same, to their successors and as¬ 
 signs, a right of way through any and all unimproved lands 
 belonging to the State of Oregon, of the width of one hundred 
 feet, being fifty feet in width on each side of the center line of 
 
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 said road or roads when located and staked out, through or over 
 any lands of the State, and also all the necessary grounds for 
 stations, depots, shops, sidetracks, turntables and water stations, 
 not exceeding ten acres in any one place, upon payment to the 
 State of such sum therefor as is or shall be fixed by the State 
 Land Board in the sale of similarly situated lands, and also the 
 right to take from the lands of this State adjacent to the lines 
 of said routes of the said road, timber, earth, stone, water and 
 other material necessary for the construction of said roads; also 
 the right to construct and maintain railroad bridges over any 
 and all streams, rivers, bays, inlets or other navigable waters 
 in this State; provided, that all such bridges crossing navigable 
 waters shall be subject to such regulations, restrictions and 
 compensation as may be fixed by the State Land Board; pro¬ 
 vided, further, that said bridges shall be so constructed as not 
 to unnecessarily interfere with the navigation of any such 
 streams, rivers, bays, inlets or other navigable waters. [L. 1907, 
 P. 415, § 1.] 
 
 g 3337. Maps of Location and Depot Sites to be^Filed. 
 
 Whenever said company or companies, their successors or 
 assigns, shall file with the Board of School Land Commissioners 
 a map or maps of the definite location of its or their lines of 
 road through any lands of this State, it shall be the duty of said 
 board to cause the said located line to be traced upon the maps 
 of the State in use by the said board, and thereafter in all con¬ 
 veyances of lands to except from sale said right of way and 
 lands for depot stations and other purposes as are herein named; 
 and whenever said company or companies shall have selected a 
 tract or tracts of lands belonging to said State for stations, 
 depots, or other purposes herein mentioned, and shall file with 
 the board a map of the same, with description of the same con¬ 
 nected with the public surveys of the United States, said tract 
 or tracts of State lands shall also be designated upon the said 
 maps in use by the said board, and it shall be the duty of the 
 board thereupon to execute and deliver to said company, its 
 successors or assigns, deeds for said tracts of land so selected, 
 upon payment therefor at the rate of one dollar per acre and 
 upon the completion of the construction of a railroad through 
 said lands. [L. 1891, p. 180, § 2.] 
 
 g 3338. Rights of Way for Water Ditches and Pipes. 
 
 A right of way for the construction of a water ditch to be 
 used for irrigation, manufacturing, or mining purposes, ditches 
 or water pipes for conveying water to cities and towns for 
 domestic purposes, or for the extinguishment of fires, is hereby 
 granted to any individuals or corporations who may construct 
 
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 such water ditches or water pipes over any of the State lands 
 belonging to the State of Oregon,—tide, swamp, and overflowed 
 lands, and school lands, —for a distance on each side of said 
 ditches or water pipes of twenty-five feet. [L. 1885, p. 73, § 2; 
 H. C. § 4058.] 
 
 \ 3339. Copy of Notes of Survey of Ditches, etc., to be Filed. 
 
 It shall be the duty of said water company or individuals con¬ 
 structing said water ditehes or water pipes to file a copy of the 
 field notes of the survey of such ditches or water pipes with the 
 Secretary of State of the State of Oregon, showing the location 
 of said water ditch or water pipe. [L. 1895, p. 73, § 3; H. C. 
 § 4059.] 
 
 \ 3340. State Patents Subject to Vested Water Ditch and Pipe Line 
 Rights. 
 
 All patents hereafter granted by the State of Oregon for any 
 of the class of lands heretofore mentioned shall be made sub¬ 
 ject to any vested rights of the owners of such water ditches or 
 water pipes as may have been acquired under the preceding 
 sections. [L. 1885, p. 73, § 4; H. C. § 4060.] 
 
 The reservation of vested rights of the owners of ditches here provided is not a grant 
 of a new easement, but the recognition of a pre-existing right: Carson v. Gentner, 33 Or. 
 523, 52 Pac. 506, 43 L. R..A. 130. 
 
 The act of 1885 provided for rights of way for railroads, as well as for water ditches 
 and pipe lines, over State lands. The act of 1891, (ante, 3336,3337) repeals by implication 
 section 1 of the former act (§ 4057, H. C.), and supersedes so much of sections 3 and 4 
 (gg 4059 and 4060, H. C.), as relates to railroads. The words “railroad” and “railroads,” 
 occurring in sections 3 and 4, and all of section 1 of the act of 1885, are therefore omitted. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 LANDS, PUBLIC- PAGE. 
 
 Act governing acquisition and control of by State_ 3 
 
 Agricultural College to receive interest semi-annually._ 15 
 
 Attorney-General to pass upon legality of district school bonds- 14 
 
 Board of Commissioners, who compose; called State Land Board- 4 
 
 Certificates of sale, assignments of, how made and effect of_ 8 
 
 Duplicates to be preserved in bound volume-„--- 8 
 
 Shall be cancelled if default made in payment thereon_ 8 
 
 Classification of State lands- 4 
 
 Clerk of State Land Board; appointment, duties, bond, salary, etc_ 5 
 
 Shall have power to take acknowledgments and administer oaths_ 5 
 
 Shall keep a record of lands bought at foreclosure sales_ 17 
 
 To pay all moneys to State Treasurer--- 5 
 
 To place lands purchased at foreclosure sale in hands of State Land Agent 17 
 
 College lands defined_ 4 
 
 Terms of payment by purchaser_ 7 
 
 Confirmation of tide land titles_.___1_ 19 
 
 Of titles to school and university lands_>__ 19 
 
 To swamp lands_1_ 20 
 
 Deeds, acknowledgment not required_ 9 
 
 Copies to be bound and indexed_ 9 
 
 Copies shall be primary evidence of title_ 9 
 
 Errors in, how corrected___ 13 
 
 Form of_ 8 
 
 Issued when full payment is made__ 8 
 
 Delinquent purchaser, notice to, and forfeiture of land when_ 19 
 
 District school bonds, purchase and disposal of___ 16 
 
 Farm lands defined_ 4 
 
 Forfeiture for nonpayment of interest___;____ 19 
 
 Forged or fraudulent certificate in hands of innocent third party; money paid 
 
 may be refunded_______il:_ f _ 13 
 
 Governor is Land Commissioner; powers and expenses of_ 3 
 
 Is member of State Land Board_..._ 4 
 
 Shall appoint a State Land Agent; salary and clerical assistance_ 4 
 
 Indemnity lands defined_._ 4 
 
 How applicants may procure; rules governing...__ 10 
 
 Terms of payment by purchaser_ 7 
 
 The price of, fixed by State Land Board, not less than $5 per acre.._ 10 
 
 The State Land Agent to select_,_ 10 
 
 Irreducible school fund, of what composed, management of, etc_ 14 
 
 What claims paid from___ 14 
 
 Legal applicant may purchase 320 acres_ 10 
 
 Mineral claims, how located_ 11 
 
 Mining leases and contracts, State Land Board may make_ 11 
 
 Rights of lessee under lease or contract_ 11 
 
 Mortgages to school fund, when foreclosed___ 17 
 
 Purchaser, who may be; application and affidavit_ t _ 5 
 
 Delinquent, notice to, and land forfeited when___ 19 
 
 To be repaid when State cannot convey title_ 13 
 
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 Punishment for cutting, destroying, or removing timber, minerals or clay page 
 
 from state lands_:_ 11 
 
 Railroad, right of way for_ 20 
 
 Right-of-way over for railroads, and provision as to_ 20 
 
 For water ditches and pipes_:___ 21 
 
 State patents subject to vested rights of___ 22 
 
 School districts shall give preferential right of purchase of school bonds to 
 
 State Land Board___ 15 
 
 Officers of districts punished for failure to comply with law—._' 16 
 
 School lands defined___ 4 
 
 Confirmation of title_ i _ 19 
 
 Terms of payment of purchaser_._ 7 
 
 Secretary of State is member of State Land Board_____ 4 
 
 State Land Agent appointed by Governor; salary and clerical assistance_ 3 
 
 To have sale and lease of lands purchased by State under foreclosure sale 
 
 under direction of State Land Board_..._ 17 
 
 To investigate trespass and damage on public lands.:__ 12 
 
 State Land Board, who compose___ 4 
 
 Expenses of, paid from interest fund_*_ k _ 5 
 
 Has power to issue subpoenas and compel witnesses.-_ 12 
 
 Has power to refund to innocent holder of forged or fraudulent certificate 13 
 
 Shall divide school fund interest_ 16 
 
 Shall repay purchaser when State cannot convey title_—__ 13 
 
 Shall take measures for prompt collection of interest_ 15 
 
 To be notified of sale of bonds by school districts and shall have prefer¬ 
 ential right to purchase same___ 16 
 
 To foreclose mortgages, when_ 4 _ 17 
 
 State Treasurer is a member of State Land Board_ 4 
 
 Moneys collected by State Land Agent and Clerk of Land Board to be 
 
 paid to___!_ 5 
 
 Swamp lands defined_,_ 4 
 
 Confirmation of title_ 2 - 20 
 
 Pre-emptioner and homesteader, quitclaim deed by State to issue to, in 
 
 what cases_■- 20 
 
 Terms of payment by purchaser----- 7 
 
 Title of bona fide settler under United States Laws shall not be questioned 
 
 by the State_____ 13 
 
 Unsurveyed shall not be sold___^_ 13 
 
 Tide and overflow lands defined___,_ 4 
 
 Applicants to purchase must pay in full- 7 
 
 Confirmation of title to_:__:_:_ 19 
 
 Grantee’s title to its subject to the easement of the public for oyster beds 13 
 
 No accretions to islands heretofore sold, shall be sold for ten yqars____ 9 
 
 Owners of abutting lands given preference right to lease or purchase_ 9 
 
 Shall be sold or leased to highest bidder after notice but not less than $5 
 
 per acre----- 9 
 
 Title thereto shall be subject to legislative regulation of building wharves 
 
 and other improvements__ n _ 13 
 
 Timber cutting, destroying or removing, punished___,_ 11 
 
 University lands defined_ 2 ---*- 4 
 
 Confirmation of title to_.__ 19 
 
 Terms of payment by purchaser__ 7 
 
 University of Oregon to receive interest semi-annually_ 15 
 
 Witness compelled to obey subpoena of State Land Board_ 12