Michigan Compiled Laws § 322.261 Reserved Or Forfeited Lands; Restoration To Market, Public Notice Required.

322.261 Reserved or forfeited lands; restoration to market, public notice required.

Sec. 1.

That all lands of this state, which have been withdrawn from market for any purpose, or withheld from sale or pre-emption, in consequence of errors in books, or in consequence of marking sales or reservations upon maps, and all lands which have reverted, or may hereafter revert, to the state by reason of a failure in any manner to make payment for the same, or by a failure to comply with the terms of any state road, railroad or other grant or contract of this state, to or with any person or corporation, or by reason of a failure to comply with the conditions of any license or homestead act, shall not be subject to private entry or purchase, either with cash or scrip, until public notice of the restoration of such lands to market shall have been given in the manner hereinafter prescribed.

History: 1873, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 1873 ;-- How. 5249 ;-- CL 1897, 1311 ;-- CL 1915, 475 ;-- CL 1929, 5868 ;-- CL 1948, 322.261

Compiler's Notes: The office of commissioner of the state land office, referred to in the title of this act, was abolished and the powers and duties thereof transferred to the public domain commission by MCL 322.221. The public domain commission was subsequently abolished and the powers and duties thereof transferred to the department of conservation by MCL 299.2. The department of conservation was subsequently transferred to the department of natural resources by MCL 16.352.

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