CERTIFICATES FOR SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY LANDS
Act 149 of 1848
AN ACT authorizing and requiring the commissioner of the state land office to issue new certificates for school and university lands in certain cases.
History: 1848, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1848
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan:
322.281 School and university lands; new certificates, issuance; payment of interest on original.
Sec. 1.
That the commissioner of the state land office be, and he hereby is authorized and required, upon being satisfied that no injury can result to the particular trust fund to be affected thereby, whether the same be the university or school fund, and upon the surrender of any original certificate, of purchase of any such university or school lands, to issue 1 or more new certificates, in lieu of said original one, to the persons who shall exhibit to such commissioner satisfactory evidence of being entitled thereto, and upon receiving from any such person or persons the full amount of interest due upon such original certificate up to and including the last preceding annual payment required thereby.
History: 1848, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1848
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CL 1857, 2519
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CL 1871, 3893
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How. 5333
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CL 1897, 1351
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CL 1915, 526
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CL 1929, 5926
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CL 1948, 322.281
Compiler's Notes: The office of commissioner of the state land office, referred to in this section, was abolished and the powers and duties thereof transferred to the public domain commission by MCL 322.221. The public domain commission was subsequently abolished and the powers and duties thereof transferred to the department of conservation by MCL 299.2. The department of conservation was subsequently transferred to the department of natural resources by MCL 16.352.
322.282 School and university lands; new certificates, indorsement of credits, computation of interest.
Sec. 2.
At the time of issuing any such new certificates, the said commissioner shall indorse thereon the proper credits, pro rata, and of their proper dates for all payments of principal and interest moneys theretofore made upon the original certificate thus surrendered, and the interest upon such new certificate shall be computed from the last annual payment due on the original certificate.
History: 1848, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1848
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CL 1857, 2520
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CL 1871, 3894
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How. 5334
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CL 1897, 1352
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CL 1915, 527
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CL 1929, 5927
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CL 1948, 322.282
322.283 School and university lands; new certificates, affidavit of township supervisor, other evidence; discharge of certificate.
Sec. 3.
The persons desirous of procuring such new certificate, shall, in every case, furnish the said commissioner, as the basis of his action, with the certificate of the supervisor of the township in which the lands are situated, verified by his oath, that he is acquainted with the true condition, quality, quantity and location of said lands, and the proposed division of the same, and that in his opinion such division could be made without injury to the university or school fund, as the case may be; and the said commissioner may require any other evidence which he may deem necessary, and whenever the grantee of any deed duly executed by a sheriff, and conveying the right, title and interest of any person holding a certificate for any university or school lands, shall present such deed at the land office, and shall tender the balance of principal and interest due upon any such certificate, as the same shall appear from the books of said office, the commissioner thereof shall execute to such grantee, his heirs and assigns, a deed for the land described in such certificate, in the usual form, and the same shall be a full satisfaction and discharge of such certificate.
History: 1848, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1848
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CL 1857, 2521
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CL 1871, 3895
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How. 5335
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CL 1897, 1353
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CL 1915, 528
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CL 1929, 5928
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CL 1948, 322.283
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