Michigan · statute · 12 of 1843, Mich. Comp. Laws · 6 active provisions
That all deeds of conveyance to the state of any lands situated in this state or elsewhere, shall be recorded in the counties where the lands lie, and shall be duly registered and kept in the office of secretary of state of this state.
All confirmations of university locations, of school lands for filling up fractional sections of state lands of every description that may require confirmations, and sections for salt springs and the use of salt springs, shall be also kept and recorded in the office of secretary of state.
All acts and parts of acts by which any grants of lands have been, or hereafter may be made to this state, shall be collected and recorded in the record book aforesaid.
All other evidences of title, by which this state holds any lands shall be in like manner recorded in the office of the secretary of state, so that his office shall contain the whole collection of all the land titles of the state of Michigan.
When the titles aforesaid are fully collected and arranged, the secretary of state shall cause the same to be platted in such a manner as to show them accurately and distinctly on such plats.
All new locations of state lands, for any purpose, shall be immediately entered of record and platted as aforesaid.