The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-09-01
STATEASALANDOWNER
Michigan Holds the Title to Over
Half Million
Acres.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER
Most of This is Primary School
and Tax Homestead
Land.

In his annual report for the fiscal
year ending June Goth, Land, Com
missioner French gives the(amount
of lands held blythe state as follows:
Primary school lands, 155, ,9S9. .82
acres; university, 40 acres; agricul-
tural college, G2, ,523.29 acres; salt
spring, 2S0 acres; asylum lands,
l,l229S acres; swamp lands, 8l,-
64S.56 acres; tax homestead lands,
235, Hip acres; total, 537 ,O45.77
acres.
During the year the land Office
has sold l3,340.7l acres of agricul-
tural college lands for SS7,7l3.7S;
1850 acres Of primary school lands
for $50, 22S. 4S; 1851. 40 acres of
swamp lands for $40, 1921; 40 acres
of salt spring lands for Sl60; so acres
of asylum lands for 1920; and has
patented 2,409. IL acres of home
stead lands, the total number of
acres disposed of being 47,2l1.2l,
for which Sl44, ,595.G7 will be re-
ceived. All but $l4,23S.O2 of the
above amount has been paid in.
During the year S97 acres of land
have been forfeited to the state.
The total receipts Of the Office for
the year were 5000, 1921.
During the year there have been
patented to the state by the United
States |, l2O acres of swamp lands,
and lists embracing l59 acres ap.
proved to the state have been re-
ccived, for which patents will follow.
The agricultural college lands were
Withdrawn from the sale pending ex-
animation and appraisal by the state
board of agricultural and the read
justment of prices. and there now
remain approximately 60,37S.25
acres which have not been restored
to market. These unrestored lands
are located in the counties OF Alcona,
Alpcaa, Iosco and Presque Isle.
Many of the lands have been denuded
OF valuable timber since their with
drawal from market, and the mark,
value thereof very much reduced in
consequence, while the amounts re-
covered from the trespassers, al
though very large, will not com
pensate the state for the loss of the
timber and the expenses of the
trespass agents engaged in an en-
deavor TO protect the state. a
large proportion of this expense, the
report says. might have been saved
had these lands been examined and
restored to market two or three
years ago.
In accordance with an act of the
last legislature, Commissioner
French withdrew from the market
all primary school lands and caused
the examination and reappraisal
provided by the law to be made.
Owing to unavoidable delays in the
examination, the commissioner was
unable to restore any of this class of
lands to the market until March 20,
1900. Since that date two other
public sales have been held and all
Of this class of lands in the counties
of Alger, Allegan, Barry, Cheboy-
gan, Clare, Dickinson, Huron, Iosco,
Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Manistee,
Mason, Missaukee, Montmorency,
Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, O2e-
NAV, Oscoda, Ottawa. Presque Isle,
Sanilac and Tuscola have been re-
stored, while the lands in the other
counties are being exlmiI ed. Every
effort to have the examinations
completed and all the lands restored
tosmarket not later than November
next is being made.
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