If the applicant erects upon the land for which a permit is sought a monument not less than four feet high, at some conspicuous place thereon, and posts written notice on or near the monument, stating that an application for a permit will be made within 30 days after the date of posting the notice, giving the name of the applicant, the date of the notice, and such a general description of the land to be covered by the permit by reference to courses and distances from the monument or from such other natural objects or permanent monuments, or both, as will reasonably identify the land, stating the amount thereof in acres, and if the applicant records a copy of the notice, within two days after the posting thereof, in the county recorder’s office of the county in which the land is situated, he shall be entitled to a preferential right over others to a permit for the land so identified for a period of 30 days following such marking and posting.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)