Michigan · statute · 83 of 1846, Mich. Comp. Laws · 4 active provisions
That the governor be and he is hereby authorized to issue to the original purchaser or to any assignee who can show title in himself derived from an unbroken chain of assignments of a certificate of sale, issued by the commissioner of the state land office, a patent for the lands therein described: Provided, Said lands…
That whenever any purchaser, or assignee of any purchaser shall decease before application is made for any patent, such patent (if said lands are paid for) shall be issued in the name of such deceased person, and shall have the same effect as though it had been issued during the lifetime of such person.
Whenever any purchaser or assignee of a purchaser shall die or shall have died before the issuing of a patent for the lands described in any such certificate, his executor or administrator may sell such certificate, and all the right, title and interest which the deceased had in the lands therein described, for the pay…
Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the state of Michigan, That the provisions of an act entitled “An act to authorize the governor to issue patents in certain cases,” approved April 28th, 1846, shall be, and the same are hereby made applicable to all certificates of sale lawfully issued by the…