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and obtain, as soon as practicable, from the proper authority, per- 

 mission to select an amount sutticient to make up such deficiency 

 from United States lands in other states or territories of the United 

 States, and shall send one or more commissioners into such states or 

 territories to select the same, under such rules and regidations as 

 eaid board may prescribe. 



8 53T7. (3930 ) Sec. 10. The acjricultural land srrant board shall Expenses ..f 



" » • , • 1 ,'? T, ' 1 Lt i. locating, liow 



ccrtitv, from tune to tune, to the auditor general the amounts paid, 

 required to pay expenses of selecting and locating, and making 

 returns of said lands, and the auditor general shall draw his war- 

 rant upon the State treasurer for the amounts tlius certified, and 

 the State treasurer shall pay tlie same out of the general fund. 

 Said land grant board nuiy make such rules and regulations, in Board may 

 relation to the time and manner of selecting and locating the reguLudns.''"*^ 

 lantls, making the returns, and keeping the accounts of expenses, 

 as they nuiy deem necessary and proper. All contracts and certifi- 

 cates of said board shall be signed by the chairman, and counter- 

 eigned by the secretary of the agricultural land grant board. 

 "§ 5378. (3037.) Sec. H. In the sale of lands, the principal Commissionerg 



? » 1 • 1 • • 1 i- ,1 • • £ ii may require 



value of which consists m the tim> er, the commissioner oi the fun pajnit-m 

 State land office shall require the payment of the entire amount of 'o'" "*»<'•»• 

 purchase money at the time of purchase, or such portion of the 

 same above one-fourth, as he may deem for the best interest of the 

 State. 



LOCATION AND SALE OF AGRICULTUEAL COLLEGE LANDS. 



§ 5379. (3992.) 1867, p. 826. Mar. 20, J. R. No. 28. 

 Whereas, The legislature of this State, by an act approved March Preamble. 

 eighteenth, eighteen hundred and .-ixty-three. conferred upon the 

 agricultural laud grant board, consisting of the governor, the audi- 

 tor general, secretary of State, State treasurer, attorney general, 

 and commissioner of the State land office, the entire control and 

 management of the selection, the care, and disposal of the lands 

 granted to this State by act of congress, ajjproved July second, 

 eighteen hundred and sixty-two; 



And whereas. It is for the interest of the State agricultural 

 college, of the tax-payers of this State, and of the inhabitants 

 residing in the vicinity of said lands, that these lands be sold at an 

 early day, and the i)roceeds be applied to the endowment of the 

 State agricultural college ; 



And whereas, It is understood that the secretary of the interior 

 of the United States will not issue patents for these lands until the 

 amount is located ; therefore, 



ReKolved bij the Senate and Houxe'of Jiepresentatitrs of the State Board lustrut- 

 of Michigan, That the agricultural land grant board be and the lands! 

 same hereby are instructed and directed to complete the location of 

 these lands, and take the necessary steps to obtain patents therefor 

 from the secreary of the interior of the United States, and at the 

 earliest day practicable place the said lands in market, and sell the 

 same according to the provisions of an act entitled "An act to 

 provide for the selection, care, and disposition of the lands donated 

 to the State of Michigan, by act of congress, approved July second, 



