HOUSE BILL No. 5717


     February 21, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Lipsey and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Operations.


        A bill to amend 1883 PA 197, entitled

   "An act to provide for the disposition of certain lands granted
   to the state of Michigan for railroad purposes by acts of con-
   gress of June 3, 1856, and March 4, 1879, upon the route from
   Grand Haven to Flint and thence to Port Huron, in the state of
   Michigan; to secure the title thereto to bona fide settlers and
   purchasers; to provide for the further sale thereof, and to pro-
   vide for the adjustment of certain taxes heretofore assessed
   thereon,"

   by amending section 10 (MCL 322.460).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec.  10.  The  auditor general of the state of Michigan

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        STATE TREASURER shall adjust the amounts due claimants under  the

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        provisions of  this act, and shall draw  his  A warrant upon the

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        state  treasurer  TREASURY for  such  THE amount DUE in favor of

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        the person entitled to the  same,  AMOUNT within 3 months after

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        application  shall be  IS made  therefor  by  the
     THAT person.

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         entitled thereto; and all the  THE balance of the taxes



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         heretofore  PREVIOUSLY assessed upon the lands granted to  the

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        THIS state  of Michigan  and lying within the counties of Ottawa

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        and Muskegon, upon the route extending from Grand Haven to Owosso

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        and  thence  THEN to Flint, as described in this act and returned

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        by the county treasurers of  said  THE counties of Muskegon and

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        Ottawa to the  auditor general  STATE TREASURER as delinquent and

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        unpaid, and all interest and charges since accrued,  thereon,

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        are hereby  cancelled  CANCELED, and the  auditor general  STATE

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        TREASURER is hereby directed to credit  said  THE counties of

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        Muskegon and Ottawa respectively with the amount  thereof  OF

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        THOSE TAXES in all cases  where the same  IN WHICH THE TAX has

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        been  heretofore  PREVIOUSLY charged back to  such  THOSE coun-

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        ties,  and  with all interest and charges  since  accrued upon

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        the amounts  so  charged back.   But  HOWEVER, the total amount

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        of  such  THE credit shall  in no case  NOT exceed the total

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        amount  such  THE county may now be indebted to the state, and

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         said  THE counties of Muskegon and Ottawa shall credit up to the

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        several townships in their respective counties all of  said  THE

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        tax which has been charged back to the  said  townships, or

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         such  THE proportion  thereof as they (the said counties) shall

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        be  OF THE TAX THE COUNTY IS credited with by the state.















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