The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-15
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Moro HOmesteads.

The order directing the restoration
OF the unearned portion Of the Bay dc
Noquet & Marquette land grant has
been received at the local land Office
and is printed below. Applications
will be received at the local office on
and after Nov. 22nd. All applications
received prior to that time will be re.
jected:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON, Cot. 8, 1892. {
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office:
SIR:-Under the date of the 1st
ultimo you made report in the matter
OF the adjustment OF the grant under
the acts Of June 3,lS56 Q1 Stat, 2J,
and March 8, 1865 13 Stat. 500, to
aid In the construction of the railroad
from Little Bay de Noquet to Mar
quette. in the state Of Michigan, from
which 1t appears tbat 12,7l7.23 acres
have been patented in excess of the
grant, which by the act Of MaFch 3,
1855 (supra). was limited to 200 sec-
ttoas, or 12S, 900 acres.
By the act Of June 0, 1866 (supra),
grants were made to aid in the con-
struction Of several railroads rod iating
from Marquette OF every alternate sec.
ton Of public land, designated by odd
numbers, for six sections in width on
each side of the several roads.
The act of 1866. increased The grant
from six to ten sections per mile;
limited tho grant for the Bay de
Noquet nnd Marquette Railroad COM
p~ny to 200 sections, and provided
when, how, and where said lands were
to be taken. Under this act no lands
were to be selected and certified on
account Of this grant "east OF that por-
ton Of the range line dividing ranges
twenty-six and twcnty-seven, that is,
south of tho township line between
;townships forty-seven and forty eight,
ler south of that portion OF the town
ship line dividing townships forty-seven
and forty eight. that lie, east OF the
dividing range inc above named"
Your letter states that prior to the
passage of said act i95, OH 80 acres had
been certified on account Of said grant,
nearly all of which were found to be
vitliout the limits specified in said net.
As to ali such lands falling without tho
specified limits your letter states that
they were .recartiileh to the state on
account of ofher grants or restored to
chtry, !hus treating the act of 1865 as
reinvesting the United States with
title TO all such lands.
An adjustment WAS this begun of the
grant within the specified limit, and in
this adjustment only 4,68S31 acres
were charged to tho grant as remaining
under the Qualifications made prior to
1865; consequently, in 1871 and 1873.
123,3l1.6S acres were patented on
account OF said grant. together with
the charge OF 4,68S.3l acres, making
I2S,00O acres, or 200 sections.
Since 1873 no action has been taken
relative to said grant until on Septem-
ber 26, 1889, the governor Of the state,
acting under the joint resolution of the
stete legislature, approved June 10
1880, executed relinquishment to the
United States OF certain lands thereto
fore certified or patented on account oi
railroad grants, embracing 15,070.3 81
acres, patented on account Of this
grant.
Uoder The joint resolution referred Il
the governor Of the state was
authorized ond empowered t.
reliDquish and Surrender to thu
United States all the lands heretofore
certified 70 this state under the act X
, add in the construction OF snid roads
~llich nio opposite to aud coterminop,
with tho uncoaiple'ed portions OF said
roads, and al. other lands certified x
tho state for tho Marquette, Houghtof