Michigan · statute · 197 of 1883, Mich. Comp. Laws · 10 active provisions
That so much of the lands granted to the state of Michigan by acts of congress of June 3, 1856, and March 4, 1879, upon the route from Grand Haven to Flint and thence to Port Huron, extending from Grand Haven to Flint as in said acts designated, as have been purchased in good faith from Augustus D. Griswold or his gran…
Proofs of such purchase shall be made to the commissioner of the state land office by the production of conveyances, printed or written contracts, or duly certified copies thereof, if the same shall have been recorded, or in case of loss, without record, by at least 2 disinterested witnesses satisfactory to said commis…
Any person who shall have purchased in good faith by deed or contract any of said lands of the said Augustus D. Griswold, William R. Bowes, trustee, or his successor, or Amos Gould, or of the grantees of either of them, previous to the 29th day of January, A.D. 1881, shall have patent issued to them for the lands descr…
All claims made by virtue of sections 1 and 3 of this act shall be made within 6 months after this act shall take effect, and not afterwards: Provided, That the commissioner of the state land office may extend the time to determine contested cases for 30 days.
All lands embraced within the provisions of this act and not disposed of at the expiration of 7 months from the date this act shall take effect, shall be offered for sale at public auction by the commissioner of the state land office at the minimum price of 1 dollar and 25 cents per acre.
Such public auction shall be at the place of holding the circuit court in the county where said land is situated respectively, within 90 days after the time fixed for purchasers and settlers to file claims as provided in the foregoing sections. The said commissioner shall give at least 3 weeks' notice of such sale by p…
At the expiration of the time provided for in the preceding sections, the commissioner of the state land office shall fix and establish the minimum price of such lands then remaining unsold at 50 cents per acre, which price shall thereafter be and remain the minimum price of said lands.
The proceeds of all sales provided for in this act shall be paid into the state treasury.
Any person applying for any of the lands under the provisions of this act, excepting those claiming under the last proviso of section 3 of this act, shall pay to the state treasurer the sum of 10 cents per acre and all taxes assessed upon the same since the date of his or his grantor's purchase of the same from either…
The state treasurer shall adjust the amounts due claimants under this act, and shall draw a warrant upon the state treasury for the amount due in favor of the person entitled to the amount within 3 months after application is made by that person. The balance of the taxes previously assessed upon the lands granted to th…