The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-01
HOMESTEAD LANDS.
Full Text of the Law Govern
ing the HOmesteading of
State Tax Lands.

sent out by the state Of Michigan
land department in answer to ap,
plicants for homesteads on de-
linquent tax lands:
| Many inquiries are received at
this Office relative to homestead
lands. Under the provisions of Act
2O6, the laws relating to these lands
reads as follows:
Section 127. Whenever it shall
hereafter appear that any lands de-
linquent for taxes have been bid off
to the state for consecutive period
| of more than three years, and that
no application has been made to re-
deem or purchase the same, it shall
be the duty of the auditor general
and the commissioner of the state
land office, when requested so to do
by the township board of the town
ship wherein such delinquent lands
are situated, to cause an examina-
tion of such lands to be made as
soon as practicable, to ascertain
their value, and the cause of the
non-payment of taxes thereon, and
| If 1T shall appear that such lands are
barren, swamp or worthless lands,
aud have been abandoned by the
owner, upon certificate being filed
by the examiner to that effect, the
auditor general is hereby authorized
to make "a transfer by deed of the
same to the state, as to- an individual,
as provided in this act, which deed
shall be recorded in the office of the
commissioner of the state land Office,
and said commissioner shall there
after hold such lands as state lands
subject to sale as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sec. 12S. The auditor general
shall furnish record book contain
ing blank forms for recording such
state tax deeds to the state, to each
register of deeds in such counties as
may be necessary for recording such
deeds, and the register of deeds is
hereby required to record the same
lin such record, and shall be entitled
to receive the sum of twenty-five
cents from the state for each such
deed recorded therein.
Sec. 129. The commissioner of the
state land office shall make list or
entry in books of his Office of such
lands, separate from other state
lands, showing the amount of taxes
due and the years for which such
lands were delinquent for taxes, the
date of inspection and by whom in
spected, and when decided to the
state; also when, to whom, and upon
what conditions sold or disposed of,
as hereinafter provided.
Sec 130 All taxes charged against
such lands in the Office of the auditor
general at the time they are decided,
shall be Cancelled but no part of
such taxes due to the townships or
county shall be charged to the state,
but each shall bear the share of loss
in such taxes as properly belong to
each, and the auditor general shall
make list of all such lands in each
county and shall transmit such list
to the county treasurer, and
shall direct such treasurer
to notify the board of
supervisors at its next session that
lands belong to the state and are no
longer taxable, and such board of
supervisors shall cause all such lands
so decided and certified to said board
to be striken from the tax rolls of
the several townships in their coun-
ty, and said lands shall not be liable
to any assessment for any purpose
until the same are again sold by the
state and notice of such sale given
to the county treasurer by the com
missioner of the state land Office as
hereinafter provided.
Sec. l3l. All such lands shall be
held by the commissioner of the state
land Office subject to entry as home
stead lands, and if any person shall
apply for them or any part thereof,
not exceed in quantity two hundred
and forty acres for any one person
SO applying and shall file an affidavit
that such person desire such lands,
for actual settlement, for the pur
pose of u homestead, the commits
sioner shall issue certificate to
such person for such land upon the
pay vi bllt VI tCl CthIS JCt
acre, conditioned that such person
shall reside continuously upon said
land for the period of five years, and
improve the same and pay to the
state annually the sum of ten cents
per acre for five years. At the ex
piration of such five years, such per-
son shall be entitled to make proof
of the fulfillment of such contracts
in such manner as the said commits
sioner may prescribe. And when
such proof is made to the satisfac-
tion of said commissioner, such per-
son shall be entitled to deed of
such land from the state. In default
of making the payments herein re-
quired for thirty days after any pay
ment shall be due, such certificate
shall be void, and such land shall
revert to the state and the commits
sioner of the state land Office is
authorized to enter such default in
his records, and dispose of such
lands to any other party on like
tarme and conditions