An Act to provide for the release by the United States of its rights and interests in certain land located in Saginaw County, Mich.
PL 84-444 (H.R.622), enacted 03/29/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 444-MAR. 29, 1956 
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of the Interior to the Lake (^ouiity Board of Supervisors, and the 
purchase price shall be the fair market value of such property at 
the time of sale as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, 
The 
proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States to the credit of the Indians of California in their 4 per centum 
judgment fund established under section 6 of the Act of May 18, 
1928 (ch. 623, 45 Stat. 601, 608). 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed 
to issue a patent in fee or an unrestricted deed of conveyance to 
Harry Johnson for the following-described land, to Avit: Begin-
ning at a point on the east line of lot 2, of section 34, township 13 
north, range 7 west. Mount Diablo base and meridian, that is north 
48 degrees 21 minutes 45,5 seconds west, 2,561.46 feet from the 
southeast corner of section 34, said township and range; and from 
said point of beginning running thence north 48 degi'ees 17 minutes 
30 seconds west, 1,714.81 feet to a point on the west line of lot 2, 
of said section 34, that is north 48 degrees 19 minutes 42.2 seconds 
west, 5,141.47 feet from the southeast corner of said section 34; 
thence south, along the west line of lot 2 of said section 34 to the 
meander line of Clear Lake; thence southeasterly, along said 
meander line of Clear Lake, to the east line of lot 2, said section 34; 
and thence north, along the east line of lot 2, said section 34, to the 
point of beginning, containing 41 acres more or less. 
Approved March 29, 1956. 
25 u s e 656. 
Harry Johnson. 
Post. 
p. 595. 
Public Law 444 
CHAPTER 101 
AN ACT 
To provide for the release by the United States of its rights and interests in 
certain land h)catod in Saginaw County, Michigan. 
March 29, 1956 
[H. R. 622] 
Saginaw County, 
Mich. 
Release of U. S. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hou^e of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the United 
States hereby relinquishes to the owner or owners of certain land in 
Saginaw County all rights which it may have under article 7 of the ^"*®'"^'*' *
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treaty with the Chippewa Nation of Indians in 1819 (7 Stat, 205) to 
construct roads through such land. 
Such land, which was granted 
by the United States to James Riley in 1823 pursuant to such treaty 
contains approximately 640.0 acres and is more particularly described 
as follows: 
Beginning at a post on the bank of the Saginaw River, the north-
west corner of the fraction of section 25, east of the Saginaw River in 
township 12 north of range 4 east from which an Ash 10 inches in 
diameter bears south 24 degrees east distant 20 links and a Maple 
7 inches in diameter bears north 18 degrees west distant 121^ links, 
thence east 115 chains and 80 links to a post on the line between ranges 
4 and 5 east from which an Elm 20 inches in diameter bears south 17 
degrees west distant 6 links, and an Ironwood 8 inches in diameter bears 
north 17 degrees east distant 6 links; thence north 62 chains to a post 
from which, a Sugartree 8 inches in diameter bears north 26 degrees 
east distant 15 links, and a White Oak 36 inches in diameter bears 
south 16 degrees 30 minutes east distant 44 links, thence west 72 chains 
and 46 links to a post on the east bank, Saginaw River, from which a 
Maple 12 inches in diameter bears south 62 degrees west distant 
20 links, and an Ash 12 inches in diameter bears north 64 degrees east 
distant 113 links, thence up the said river with the meanders thereof 
to the place of beginning. 
Approved March 29, 1956.