ST. CLAIR LIGHTHOUSE SITE
Act 5 of 1935
AN ACT to authorize the acceptance of surrenders of certain lands leased by the state of Michigan, the payment for such surrenders and for improvements placed on said lands, and the conveyance of the same to the federal government for use as sites for lighthouses and other aids to navigation.
History: 1935, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1935
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
3.361 Lighthouse on St. Clair flats; surrender, boundaries, consideration.
Sec. 1.
The conservation commission is hereby authorized and empowered for and in behalf of the state of Michigan to accept the surrender of lands hereinafter described and leased pursuant to Act No. 326 of the Public Acts of 1913, to-wit, all of lots 7 and 8, Star Island, Incorporated, subdivision of lot 31, as shown on sheet number 11, south channel of St. Clair survey, act of 1899, situated in St. Clair flats, county of St. Clair, state of Michigan, and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a monument marking the northwest corner of the property, being 404.57 feet south 66 degrees, 32 minutes east from the northwest corner of said lot 31, thence north 50 degrees, 29 minutes east 120 feet to a monument marking the northeast corner of property, thence south 39 degrees, 31 minutes east 140 feet to a point located in the waters of St. Clair river, marking the southeast corner of property, thence south 50 degrees, 29 minutes west 120 feet to a point in the waters of St. Clair river marking the southwest corner of property, thence north 39 degrees, 31 minutes west 140 feet to a point of beginning, containing approximately .38 acre, more or less, hereinafter called site A, and that part or parcel of lot 106 as shown on sheet number 15, south channel of St. Clair survey, act of 1899, situated in St. Clair flats, county of St. Clair, state of Michigan, and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a monument at the northeast corner of lot 106, thence south 25 degrees, 8 minutes, 15 seconds east 50 feet, following the established east line of lot 106 to corner monument, thence south 62 degrees, 25 minutes, 15 seconds west 100 feet to corner monument, thence north 25 degrees, 8 minutes, 15 seconds west 50 feet to a corner monument thence north 62 degrees, 25 minutes, 15 seconds east 100 feet to the point of beginning containing in all .115 acre more or less, hereinafter called site B; and said commission is authorized and empowered to pay to the lessees of site A, or to their assigns, for the surrender of said site A and the release of all rights therein and for improvements placed thereon, a sum of 2,000 dollars; and to the lessees of site B, or to their assigns, for the surrender of said site B and the release of all rights therein and for improvements placed thereon, a sum of 250 dollars.
History: 1935, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1935
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CL 1948, 3.361
Compiler's Notes: For Act 326 of 1913, referred to in this section, see MCL 322.401 et seq. The Act of 1899, referred to in this section, is Act 175 of 1899, which was superseded by Act 215 of 1909. Act 215 of 1909 was in turn repealed by Act 326 of 1913.
3.362 Lighthouse on St. Clair flats; appropriation.
Sec. 2.
There is hereby appropriated the sum of 2,250 dollars from the general fund of the state to carry out the provisions of section 1.
History: 1935, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1935
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CL 1948, 3.362
3.363 Lighthouse on St. Clair flats; rights of lessees null and void.
Sec. 3.
Upon the acceptance of such surrenders, all rights of lessees in and to said described lands and to improvements placed thereon shall be null and void.
History: 1935, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1935
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CL 1948, 3.363
3.364 Lighthouse on St. Clair flats; conveyance of lands to federal government; reversion.
Sec. 4.
Upon the acceptance of such surrenders and upon payment to the state treasurer by the United States government of the sums authorized to be paid for the respective sites described in this act, the director of conservation of the state of Michigan is hereby authorized and empowered to convey by quit claim deed or deeds for and in behalf of the state of Michigan the title to said described lands to the United States for use as sites for lighthouses and other aids to navigation: Provided, That any such deed or deeds shall contain a provision providing that the lands contained therein shall revert to the state of Michigan when the same shall cease to be used as sites for lighthouses or other aids to navigation. The governor is authorized to cede to the United States jurisdiction of said lands: Provided, That this cession is upon the express condition that the state of Michigan shall so far retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over said lands aforesaid, that all civil and criminal process issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or officers having authority of law to issue such process and all orders made by such court, or any judicial officer duly empowered to make such orders necessary to be served upon any person, may be executed upon said lands in the same way and manner as if jurisdiction had not been ceded as aforesaid.
History: 1935, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1935
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CL 1948, 3.364
3.365 Lighthouse on St. Clair flats; consideration credited to general fund.
Sec. 5.
The consideration received for the transfer of said property to the United States shall be credited to the general fund of the state.
History: 1935, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1935
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CL 1948, 3.365
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