The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-02-16
rhe Compromni.e swamp MP Land Ia Y. y.

Passed both Hoises Of The Legisiafur.
FEB. I'd To provide for Me sale O,
the Swdmp Lands, and The reclamation
thereof and to secure the pre- emption
claims Of settlers thereon.
Section /. The people Of the STATE o,
Michigan enact, That the swamp lands
granted TO said State by act of Congress
approved September %, i $50, shall con-
tinue under the supervision Of tho Com.
missioner of the State Land Office, and
subject to sale 10y him, as hereinafter pro
vided; but none of said lands shall be Of
fered for sale prior to the issue Of patents
to the State therefor. f..f .a 1a i..f
Sec. e. Said lands shall bo offered al
public sale, at auction, bat shall not be
sold at a less price than one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre, which shall be
the minimum price therefor, and shall be
subject to entry at private sale at such
minimum price after being offered at pub
lie auction, as in this act provided, and
such lands shall be sold at public and pri-
vsie sale in the smallest legal sub divisions
required by purchasers. .,,f at
Sec. 8. Before any such sale at auction
shall be made, the said Commissioner shall
forward to at least one weekly newspaper
in each county of the State where paper
is published and established at the time o.
the passage of this act, full description,
by, legal divisions, Of tho lands to be sold,
and notice of tho time and place of such
sale, to be published once in each week
for four successive weeks prio, to such sale,
and one copy of each and every paper con-
tanning such advertisement shall be for
warded, prepaid, to the Treasurer of ev-
cry county in which ere situated any of
said swamp lands thus offered for sale I:
Propided, That the whole expense Of such
advertising shall not exceed fifteen thous-
and dollars.
Sec. A. The sales Of said lands at pub
lie auction shall oe made at Lansing, if
deemed practicable by the Commissioner,
Saginaw City, Lexington, Newaygo, On
tonagon, Mackinaw, Grand Haven, and
such other places as said Commissioner
shall deem proper; and the said Commits
soner, in his notice of sale at public nuc-
ton, shall name the counties in which the
lands are situated that he phall offer for
snlc at each OF thv places d"signated.-
The Commissioner, or any person whom
lie may duly authorize to sell said lands at
public auction, may, in his discretion, ad-
journ said sale from time to time. The
purchaser at such public sale shall pay on
the day OF sale the purchase money to the
State Treasurer or any person who shall
be duly authorized by linn to receive the
same, and who shall attend the said sale,
and he shall give official receipts for the
money so received, and if the .nid pur-
chaser shall refuse or neglect to make such
payment, hi, bid shall be void, and the
tract shall again be offered at public sale,
and such person shall be liable to pay to
the people tf the State the difference be.
tween h.s bid and the price at which said
land shall lc sold, Git less than his bid,)
with double costs, and may BE- arrested
therefor; and if n recovery be Lad, i'm
prIsoncd, rs in cases whore is is competent
to proceed against he lody.
See. 5. OF all monies htrotcfolc rcceiv-
ed, aud all moneys hereafter received from
The se'es Of said swamp land, donated Uy
the aforesaid act of Congress, after dcduc.
ting the expenses Of sales, fifty per cent.
shall he denomnatcd primary school
fund. and the interest thereof, at five per
cent. per annum, shall b. appropriated and
distributed ir like mpnncr a. the primary
school fund in this State; and fifty per
cent. shall bc denominatcd Swamp Land
Fund, and the interest thereof at five per
cent, shall be paid over annually to the or
der of the Board Of Supervisors of the
several counties, in proportion in which the
same arc received from the sales in said
counties respectively, 10 be used rs said
Board shall direct in draining aud reclaim.
ing swamp lands in said county. Aud all
the monies received on such sales ms afore-
said, shall be used and applied to the pay
ment of the outstanding Indebtedness of
The State in the order in which the same
shall be due.
Sec. 6. Purchasers of said lands, wheth-
er at public or private sale shall be entitled
10 receive from tho Commissioner of the
State Land Office, certificate of purchase,
n which ho shall certify the date of such
the name of the purchaser, de.
cription Of the land sold, and the price
or which the same was sold, which pur-
,basc money shall 10 paid TO tho State
Treasurer or his agent or other person du-
y authorized, and endorsed by him upon
aid certificate of purchase and counter
igned by the Auditor General, in the
orm now in Use in the certificates Of pur-
hase Of State lands. Said certificate
hall also state that such purchaser, his
leirs or assigns, shall be entitled to pat
mt for said land, to be executed by the
governor, and upon the presentation and
urrehder of such certificate 10 the Secre-
airy OF State, patent shall issue to such
purchaser or his assigns, as in cases now
by law for the issue Of paten,s;
ut no person receiving such certificate or
atent shall by reason of such purchase
ave any claims against the State for drain
ge, reclamation or other improvements of
nch lsnd, which condition shall I've insert.
d in all certificates of purchase, and all
hch sales shall be subject to drainage and
eclamation by tho purchaser, in accord
nee with the provision Of the net Of Con-
ross granting such lands TO the State.