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The State land office IL receiving large
number of inquiries about the various
lands at the disposal OF the State and the
prices of the same. On Oct. the follow
ing acres of the various classes OF land
by counties were subject to entry: swamp
lands ut $1.25 per acre--A total OF IL
662 40 acres located in Altoona, Alpena,
Arenac, Benzie. Charlevoix, Cheboygan,
Clare, Crawford. Delta Emmett, Glad
win, Iosco, Kalkaska, Keweenaw, Lake,
Leelanaw, Mackinac, Menominee, Nissan
kee, Montmorency. Muskeg0n, Ogemaw,
Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roseom-
mon and Wexford counties. Swamp land
at 81 per acre--A total of 4,1I9.12 acres
in the counties Of Antrim, Bacaga, Che
boygan, Chippewa, Emmett, Grand Trav-
erse, Houghton, Kalkaska, Midland, Mis-
saukee and Presque ISLE Agricultural
college land-A total Of 5S,O51.OS acres
in the counties of Alcona, Alpena, An
trim, Cheboygan, Grand Traverse, Iosco,
Kalkaska, Manistee, Missaukee, Mont
morency, Otsego,. Presque Isle and
Schoolcraft. Tax homestead land-A to-
tai of 260, 1852 acres in the counties Of
Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Arenac, Che
boygan, Glare, Crawford, Delta, Emmet,
Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, HUI
ron, Iron, Kalkaska, Lake, Mackinac,
Mecosta, Menominee,. Midland, Nissan
kee, Montmorency, MuskegOn, Newaygo.
Osceola, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscom-
mon and Schoolcraft. There are twenty
four acres. of salt spring land in Mid
land County, 44O acres Of asylum land In
Muskegon, and TAO acres of the same
class of land in Newaygo County, and
40 acres of State building land in Ottawa
County. The above make a total Of $780,
1872 acres of all classes of lands.now
at the disposal Of the State. In accord
ance with a law enacted. by the last Leg
islature III 900 acres of primary school
land has recently been withdrawn from
the market for reappraisement for the
reason that most of it was being held un-
der the former appraisement at too high
figure. This land is now being reap
praised and will soon be restored to mar
ket at prices that, it is believed, will
move it rapidly. Much of it is excellent
for agricultural purposes. The prices
Of swamp lands range from $1.25 to 50
per acre; school lands, 81; college lands,
So to $12.5O; university lands, $12; asy-
lum, salt spring and State building lands,
81.
Superintendent Sickles of the Indus
trial Home for Girls has been furnished
an opinion by the Attorney General to the
effect that the home must receive girls be-
tween the ages Of 10 and II years who
are sent there for any offense not pun
ishable by life imprisonment. Mrs.
Siclles did not desire to receive girl
who had been convicted of maliciously
setting fire to and burning building,
but she is informed that she must do SO.
Nor can the superintendent refuse to re-
ceive a girl ON the ground that she is in
corrigible, the Attorney General stating
chat it is presumed all girls who are sent
to the institutions are hit subjects for the
home, or they would not be committed
there. If, after a time, it is demNnstrat-
ed that inmates are incorrigible, they may
be returned.
The Governor and Attorney General
have announced their purpose to coop
crete with the newly created State tax
commission in enforcing the assessment
laws, which have been violated for years,
property being generally assessed at only
a small percentage OF its actual cash
value. The start will be made, as an
nounced by Attorney General Oren, in
prosecuting vigorously several Supervis-
ors of one of the northern counties,
against whom complaints Of fraudulent
assessments have been lodged. The names
of the offending assessors will not be d.
vulged until the cases are commenced,
but the Attorney General says that the
prosecutions will be pushed with view
to,correcting existing evils in all parts OF
the State.
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At the request OF the State game war
den Attorney General Oren has given
an opinion as to the construction of the
Michigan law relative TO commercial fish,
his conclusions being as follows: For
eign fish that are immature, according
to the Michigan standard, cannot be held
or marketed in Michigan at any time,
the season as to such fish being continu-
ously closed. Foreign fish that were
caught contrary to the laws OF the State.
or country where caught cannot be held
or marketed in Michigan. Between Nov.
Is and Dec. 10 fish caught in foreign
waters between those dates cannot be
held or marketed in Michigan.
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The State Board of Health has decided
that hereafter all plans or proposed pubic
buildings shall first be submitted to it to
be passed upon with special reference TO
ventiiating facilities.
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