The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-01
GREAT SALE
OF
STATE LANDS IN MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN STATE LAND OFFICE, !
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MICHIGAN STATE LAND OFFICE,
Lansing June Sd, 1885,
THE public offering, at Lansing. Mich, of about
Il 5000, 900 acres of the lands which were grant
ea to the State by act of Congress, in 1850, and
described by their legal sub divisions in the sup
PIGMENTS OF this paper, which are herewith circu-
Wednesday, the 2Sth day of July next, and be
continued from day to day, until they shall all
have been offered, in the order by counties as
published in the supplements OF this paper, begin
ming in Monroe County, il the southeast corner of
the State proceeding from east to west alternately
offering all that are advertised in each and every
county incourse through the State. BY reference
to the supplements, containing descriptions at
length of all the lands advertised for sale, the
quantity in each county will be seen.
The progress of the sales from day to day will
be reported to the daily papers in the State, SO
that all designing to purchase. land In certain
counties only may thus be posted, to save them
the unnecessary time and expense of attending
through all the sales. .r~s
The terms Of sale to those who make affidavit,
personally, before the Commissioner, at the time
of sale, according to law, OF their Intention to be-
come "actual and bona fde settlers on the land
within one year from the time of purchase,
quired by section 9Th Of the act passed February
4th, 1885, will be % per cent OF the purchase price
Tor bid) down, and the balance in ten years at the
option of the purchaser, with annual interest at
seven per cent Persons looking for land to settle
upon, who expect to avail themselves of the benefit
of making but the quarter payment down, must
make their selection in one body, and in addition
to their own affidavit, must furnish the Commits
sioner at the time of sale with the affidavit of the
Supervisor of the town in which the land is located
(tne supervisors affidavit may be taken in his own
county or before any one qualified to administer
oaths,) OF Of some other one satisfactory to the
Commissioner, that ii is valuable mainly for agri-
cultural purposes, and not for timber, mines,
salines, &c. The same person will be entitled
under the law to but one such privilege of settle
ment. From all who do not make satisfactory
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cases be required down on the day of sale; but no
oath is required by the law of those who pay In
full the day of sale that the land is not "Falua
BILE for lumber, mines, salines. &C.. The lowest
bid that can be received is the minimum price of
sl.25 per acre, and the one to whom any descrlp-
ton or descriptions of lands shall be struck of,
will be required to make prompt payment of his
bid, according to law, at the time of sale, in such
current funds as the State Treasurer will receive
subject to all the provisions and penalties for fail
ure and for false or fraudulent bids, according to
section 4th Of the act. 1t is expected from all
bidders that ell the requirements OF this section
will be strictly observed. number OF hundreds OF
copies OF descriptions OF the lands IN the State now
advertised for SALE will be found for public use at
each of the County Treasures offices OF counties
in which any of the lands are advertised, and also
at the State Land Office. r. sal
| While this land has been called swamp land"
much of it is among the most valuable farming
land, both for grain and grasses, in any country,
and the terms of payment being made so easy,
great numbers within and without the State, who
are now without land and permanent homes, will
| doubtless eagerly embrace this most favorable
opportunity to provide themselves good lands, at
cheap rates, to make themselves homes of their
own. More than $4,000 acres of these lands, in
quality below the average, were taken in sixty
days. by adjacent owners, Immediately after the
passage of the act of February 4th, in the present
year. Even the lowest of these lands by proper
drainage, for which portion OF the proceeds OF
their sales is to be devoted, will make the very
richest and most durable meadow land that can
be found, and it has also been amply tested that
the deep vegetable mould thus accumulated for
ages, makes the richest kind Of manure with due
admixture of other kinds, whenever needed, for
adjoining uplands.
There are also, in this largest body of land ever
offered perhaps at any one sale in any country,
many thousands of &c "a not only of the best grain
and z. q SIS land but of the most valuable pine,
cedar, hemlock, cherry, black walnut, whitewood,