RECORDING APPROVAL OF SELECTIONS OF LANDS

Act 37 of 1848

AN ACT to provide for recording the evidences of the approval by the general government of the selections of lands made by this state under act of congress, and for other purposes.


History: 1848, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Feb. 11, 1848




Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan:


322.101 Approval of selections of lands; recording by secretary of state.

Sec. 1.

     That the certificates of the secretary of the treasury of the United States, of his approval, or the certificates and letters of the commissioner of the general land office of the United States of the approval by the secretary of the treasury of the selection of any lands heretofore granted, or which hereafter may be granted by the congress of the United States to this state, and which certificates and letters have been or hereafter may be received by the secretary of state, shall, together with their accompanying lists or descriptions of land be recorded by him in a book kept for that purpose.


History: 1848, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Feb. 11, 1848 ;-- CL 1857, 152 ;-- CL 1871, 217 ;-- How. 5218 ;-- CL 1897, 1269 ;-- CL 1915, 408 ;-- CL 1929, 5797 ;-- CL 1948, 322.101





322.102 Record or certified copy; evidence of title.

Sec. 2.

     Such record or a transcript thereof, certified by the secretary of state, under his seal of office, shall be received in any court of this state, as evidence of title in the state, to any of the lands therein mentioned.


History: 1848, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Feb. 11, 1848 ;-- CL 1857, 153 ;-- CL 1871, 218 ;-- How. 5219 ;-- CL 1897, 1270 ;-- CL 1915, 409 ;-- CL 1929, 5798 ;-- CL 1948, 322.102



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