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the luterior of the Uuited States full and complete descriptions of all such 

 lands, and obtain the necessary title to the State of Michigan for the same. 



(3929.) Sec. 3. All of said lands, excepting as hereinafter provided, shall be 

 sold for not less than three dollars* per acre, one-fourth of the purchase price 

 to be paid at the time of purchase, and the balance at any time thereafter at 

 the option of the purchaser, with interest on the unpaid balance at the rate of 

 seven per cent per annum, payable annually into the State Treasury, in 

 accordance with and subject to all the terms and conditions of payment, and 

 forfeitures for non-payment of all interest and taxes due thereon, as is now 

 provided by the laws regulating the sale and forfeiture of primary school 

 lands : Provided hoivever, That all of said lands which are valuable princi- 

 pally for the timber thereon, shall be sold for not less than five dollars per 

 acre, the whole of the purchase money therefor to be paid at the date of 

 purchase. 



(3930.) Sec. 4. The proceeds of the sale of said land shall be applied and 

 used according to the conditions of the act of Congress granting the same to 

 the State. 



(3931.) Sec. 5. Whenever said lands, or any part of them, shall have been 

 selected, certified to the Commissioner of the State Land Office, withdrawn 

 from market, and so marked on the plats, and certified by the Register of any 

 United States Land Office for the proper district, by authority of the Com- 

 missioner of the General Land Office of the United States, the Commissioner 

 of the State Laud Office may, by direction of said Land Grant Board, sell 

 said lands in quantities of not less than any legal subdivision, according to the 

 original United States survey; and on each sale being made, the Commissioner 

 of the State Land Office shall issue his certificate of sale in the usual form, 

 setting forth the quantity and description of the land sold, the price per acre, 

 the amount paid at the time of purchase, the balance due, with the annual 

 rate of interest, and the time the interest is payable, as is required by law for 

 the payment of interest on contracts for the purchase of primary school 

 lands, and that the purchaser will be entitled to a patent from this State on 

 payment in full of the principal and interest, together with all taxes assessed 

 on such land. 



(3932.) Sec. 6. Certificates of purchase issued pursuant to the provisions of 

 law shall entitle the purchaser to the possession of the lands therein described, 

 and shall be sufficient evidence of title to enable the purchaser, his heirs or 

 assigns, to maintain actions of trespass for injuries done to the same, or eject- 

 ment, or any other proper action or proceeding to recover possession thereof, 

 unless such certificate shall have become void by forfeiture ; and all certifi- 

 cates of purchase in force may be recorded in the same manner that deeds of 

 conveyance are authorized to be recorded. 



(3933.) Sec. 7. The Governor of this State shall sign and cause to be issued 

 patents for said lands, as soon as practicable after payment is made in full of 

 principal, interest, and all taxes, as aforesaid. 



(3934.) Sec. 8. The money received from the sale of said lands shall be 

 paid into the State Treasury, and shall be placed in the general fund, but the 

 amount thereof shall be placed to the credit of the Agricultural College fund 

 upon the books of the Auditor General, and the annual interest thereon, com- 

 puted at seven per cent, shall be regularly applied, under the direction of the 

 State Board of Agriculture, to the support and maintenance of the State 



* Put at $5 April, 1881. See Report of Commissioner of Land Office, 1881. 



