Whenever any person has the right to recover from the State, or desires to receive from the State, any sum of money paid by him for a certificate of indemnity or scrip, he shall surrender the certificate or scrip to the commission, which shall thereupon cancel it and issue to him a certificate showing the amount paid and the class of land upon which the payment was made. Upon the surrender to the Controller of the certificate showing the amount paid, he shall draw his warrant in favor of the person surrendering it for the amount therein specified upon the Treasurer of the State, who shall pay the amount of the warrant out of the fund into which the purchase money was paid.
In cases where certificates of purchase have been issued for the land selected in lieu of the base described in the indemnity certificate of location or scrip, the owner of the certificate of purchase shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 7971, 7972, and 7973.