CERTIFICATES FOR NORMAL SCHOOL LANDS

Act 42 of 1853

AN ACT authorizing and requiring the commissioner of the state land office to issue new certificates for normal school lands in certain cases.


History: 1853, Act 42, Eff. May 16, 1853




The People of the State of Michigan enact:


322.291 Normal school lands; new certificates, issuance; payment of interest on original.

Sec. 1.

     That the commissioner of the state land office be and he is hereby authorized and required, upon being satisfied that no injury can result to the trust fund to be affected thereby, and upon the surrender of any original certificate of purchase of any normal 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 the full amount of interest due upon such original certificate up to and including the last preceding annual payment required thereby.


History: 1853, Act 42, Eff. May 16, 1853 ;-- CL 1857, 2527 ;-- CL 1871, 3901 ;-- How. 5336 ;-- CL 1897, 1359 ;-- CL 1915, 534 ;-- CL 1929, 5930 ;-- CL 1948, 322.291
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.





322.292 Normal school lands; new certificates, affidavit of township supervisor, other evidence.

Sec. 2.

     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 normal school fund; and the said commissioner may require any other evidence which he may deem necessary in the premises.


History: 1853, Act 42, Eff. May 16, 1853 ;-- CL 1857, 2528 ;-- CL 1871, 3902 ;-- How. 5337 ;-- CL 1897, 1360 ;-- CL 1915, 535 ;-- CL 1929, 5931 ;-- CL 1948, 322.292



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