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34,162
32,256
28,545
24,521
Ingham
53,310
43,607
39,818
39,689
37,666
34,939
Ionia .
33,550
34,627
34,329
34,820
32,801
32,559
Iosco.
9,753
10,540
10,246
12,340
15,224
10,602
Iron.
15,164
8,925
8,990
5,293
4,432
Isabella.
23,029
24,106
22,784
21,439
18,784
16,011
Isle Royal.
135
Jackson.
53,426
47,122
48,222
46,535
45,031
45,232
Kalamazoo
60,427
49,762
44,310
42,056
39,273
35,281
Kalkaska
8,097
7,608
7,133
5,640
5,160
4,493
Kent.
159,145
138,488
129,714
121,938
109,922
84,600
Keweenaw
7,156
4,546
3,217
2,805
2,894
4,667
Eaton.
30,499
30,706
31,668
32,618
313
POPULATION OF MICHIGAN BY COUNTIES.
BY COUNTIES, 1837-1910.
1880.
1874.
1870.
1864.
1860.
1854.
1850.
1845.
1840.
1837.
(a) 3,107
1,214
696
185
37,815
32,381
32,105
18,835
7,786
5,125
3,006
1,783
1,469
8,789
4,807
2,756
674 382
16,087 290 179
1,804
22,051
22,199 15,900
14,441 5,517
13,858 3,164
7,789
5,072
2,639
1,078
512
38,081
24,832
25,726
26,226
25,704 22,458
22,378 20,981
13,595 15,686 22,517
11,417 12,472 19,162 10,907
7,929 9,070 15,769 8,078
10,599 5,710
5,296
6,524
3,070
2,196
483
517 1,603
1,933
898
1,017
534
366
4,187
1,354
366
28,100
23,661
22,845
14,646
13,916
8,030
5,102
3,010
1,614
529
1,159
6,812
4,741
2,542
561
1,172
31,225
26,907
25,171
16,497 1,325
16,476 1,149 22,498
10,940 4,970 15,629
12,031
9,262
4,268
2,754
1,127
(b)
14
8,422
5,349
4,443
2,026
1,286
900
21,936
13,886
11,810
5,739
4,042
32,723
31,566
31,684
27,448
25,675
19,151
16,159
11,111
7,240
4,749
22,473
19,030
13,879
8,224
9,234
2,868
708
20,089
11,964
9,049
3,962
3,165
702
210
33,676
29,193
25,268
17,118
17,435
11,192
8,631 7,597
5,268 5,102
2,498 1,923
1,028
6,873
4,782
3,163
17,984 395
175
12,159
6,059
4,113
1,844
1,443
55
37,988
36,047
25,856
26,671
21,720
19,431
15,925
13,130
8,693
34,342
32,284
32,054
25,841
24,646
16,749
13,179
10,192
7,380
6,367
2,937
1,259
424
73,253
62,671
50,403
33,447 5,180
30,716
17,786
12,016
6,153
2,587
2,022
4,270
5,415
4,205
30,770
29,564
22,009
20,525
21,094
17,666
17,721
12,411
7,058
4,613
2,379
913
6,639
1,272
1,211
39,220
34,568
33,900
22,047
3,433
2,663
2,184
36,785
35,029
35,104
5,011 5,715
4,863
27,941
4,016
38,452
35,655
36,569
7,959
5,115
2,360
1,724
5,248
2,170
1,689
1,229
822
33,872
28,376
27,681
16,682
10,714
42,031
(a) Oscoda unorganized and attached to Alcona in 1880.
(b) Gladwin, Marquette, Montmorency, Otsego, Roscommon and Schoolcraft re- ported together and credited to Marquette in 1870.
5,237
3,240
1,985
25,317
314
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
POPULATION OF MICHIGAN .- Concluded.
Counties.
1910.
1904.
1900.
1894.
1890.
1884.
Lake
4,939
4,999
4,957
5,897
6,505
7,539
Lapeer.
26,033
27,050
27,641
28,879
29,213
30,057
Leelanau.
10,608
10,826
10,556
9,395
7,944
7,128
Lenawee
47,907
49,097
48,406
48,541
48,448
49,584
Livingston.
17,736
18,649
19,664
20,437
20,858
21,568
Luce
4,004
3,882
2,983
2,348
2,455
Mackinac.
9,249
8,247
7,703
7,237
7,830
5,171
Macomb
32,606
33,095
33,244
32,387
31,813
31,293
Manistee.
26,688
27,173
27,856
26,114
24,230
19,875
Manitou.
918
860
1,198
Marquette
46,739
40,010
41,239
38,008
39,521
31,397
Mason
21,832
19,608
18,885
18,422
16,385
13,221
Mecosta
19,466
20,216
20,693
20,729
19,697
20,597
Menominee
25,648
26,465
27,046
23,740
33,639
19,120
Midland .
14,005
14,636
14,439
13,218
10,657
8,776
Missaukee.
10,606
10,266
9,308
6,955
5,048
3,386
Monroe.
32,917
32,921
32,754
33,181
32,337
33,353
Montcalm
32,069
33,260
32,754
34,158
32,637
35,356
Montmorency
3,755
3,515
3,234
2,438
1,487
845
Muskegon
40,577
37,373
37,036
37,324
40,013
37,554
Newaygo
19,220
18,421
17,673
19,125
20,476
18,996
Oakland
49,576
45,746
44,792
42,676
41,245
41,100
Oceana .
18,379
17,717
16,644
16,599
15,698
14,519
Ogemaw
8,907
9,121
7,765
5,638
5,583
3,637
Ontonagon.
8,650
7,166
6,197
6,873
3,756
4,836
Osceola.
17,889
18,633
17,859
16,475
14,630
14,001
Oscoda.
2,027
1,888
1,468
1,806
1,904
1,374
Otsego.
6,552
7,239
6,175
4,794
4,272
3,906
Ottawa
45,301
42,199
39,667
39,083
35,358
36,225
Presque Isle.
11,249
10,872
8,821
5,911
4,687
4,064
Roscommon
2,274
1,731
1,787
1,657
2,033
2,588
Saginaw
89,290
85,671
81,222
81,847
82,273
74,795
Sanilac.
33,930
34,867
35,055
33,945
32,589
29,583
Schoolcraft.
8,681
8,628
7,889
7,127
5,818
3,846
Shiawassee
33,246
33,711
33,866
32,854
30,952
28,078
St. Clair.
52,341
55,637
55,228
54,321
52,105
46,783
St. Joseph .
25,499
23,229
23,889
25,087
25,356
26,277
Tuscola.
34,913
35,961
35,890
34,412
32,508
30,726
Van Buren
33,185
34,965
33,274
31,059
30,541
30,341
Washtenaw
44,714
46,776
47,761
43,509
42,210
41,694
Wayne.
531,590
386,827
348,793
292,461
257,114
188,966
Wexford
20,769
19,217
16,845
14,047
11,278
10,518
Totals
2,810,172
2,530,016
2,420,982
2,241,641 2,093,889
1,853,658
315
POPULATION OF MICHIGAN BY COUNTIES.
POPULATION OF MICHIGAN .- Concluded.
1880.
1874.
1870.
1864.
1860.
1854.
1850.
1845.
1840.
1837.
3,233
1,813
548
30,138
25,140
21,345
15,202
14,754
9,656
7,029
5,314
1,265
2,813
6,253
5,031
4,576
2,389
2,158
48,343
46,084
45,595
40,199
38,112
30,941 14,141
26,372 13,485
22,923 10,789
7,430
5,029
2,902
1,496
1,716
1,317
1,938
1,639 18,023
(b)3,598 15,530
1,666 13,509
923
664
31,627
28,305
27,616
21,803
22,843
12,532
8,471
6,074
1,671
975
1,334
657
891
1,042
25,394
21,946
(e) 15,033
3,724
2,821
136
10,065
5,361
3,263
846
831
93
13,973.
9,132
5,642
1,382
970
11,987
3,490
1,791
496
6,893
5,306
3,285
1,251
787
65
1,553
606
130
33,624
30,111
27,483
22,221
21,593
18,030 2,056
14,698 , 891
13,861
9,922
10,611
26,586
19,375
14,894
5,590
3,947
14,688
8,758
7,294
3,482
2,760
978 31,757
510 31,270 300
30,288
23,646 496
20,163
11,699
8,360
7,222
2,373
1,816
1,914
2,406
2,845
5,408
4,568
3,624
389
10,777
6,216
2,093
70
(e)
33,126
29,929
26,651
15,056
13,215
7,293
5,587
1,438
208
628
3,113
1,615
355
26
1,459
(e)
59,095
48,409
39,097
19,683
12,693
1,051
2,609
1,218
892
920
26,341
16,292.
14,562
8,853
7,599
3,521
2,112
1,575
1,290
(e)
78
7,411
5,230
3,929
2,103
1,184
46,197
40,688
36,661
26,604
16,825
10,420
8,375
4,606
3,673
26,626
25,906
26,275
22,559
21,262
15,021
12,725
10,097
7,068
6,337
25,738
16,998
13,714
6,983
4,886
1,503
291
1,704
1,910
1,262
41,848
38,723
41,434
34,048
35,686
28,554
28,567
26,979
23,571
21,817
166,444 6,815
144,903
119,038
83,292
75,547
64,709
42,756
32,287
24,173
23,400
3,011
650
(c) 1,195
1,636,937
1,334,031
1,184,059
803,661
749,113
507,521
397,654
302,521
212,267
(d)174,619
(a) Oscoda unorganized and attached to Alcona in 1880. Organized in 1881.
(b) Population of Michilimackinac and twenty-one unorganized counties.
(c) Unorganized counties.
(d) Exclusive of colored population, 379, and Indians taxed, 27.
(e) Gladwin, Marquette, Montmorency, Otsego, Roscommon and Schoolcraft re- ported together and credited to Marquette in 1870.
NOTE .- Population of Michigan territory-1810-34: In 1810, 4,762; 1820, 8,927; 1830, 31,639; 1834, 87,278.
17,889
14,868
22,251
20,329
19,336
16,160
16,851
9,716
8,892
33,148
20,815
13,629
5,629
3,968
41,537
38,082
40,867
33,625
38,261
27
(a) 467
1,974
27,059
21,773
20,858
13,514 27,591
15,224
7,720
5,800
30,807
29,156
28,829
17,820
12,349
16
12
2,565
(e)
316
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN. GROWTH OF THE SYSTEM.
Year.
Average number of days of school.
Number of districts.
Number of teachers.
Number of children.
Total amount paid teachers.
1836
70
55
98
2,337
$3,540 32
1840.
90
1,560
1,870
48,817
42,310 46
1850.
102
3,097
4,087
132,234
140,889 48
1860
124
4,087
7,921
246,802
468,988 50
1870
138
5,108
11,014
384,554
1,393,228 59
1880
150
6,352
13,949
506,221
1,917,983 99
1890
154
7,168
15,990
654,502
3,323,881 71
1894
156
7,160
16,190
696,234
3,895,264 19
1895
158
7,159
16,013
699,828
3,968,600 13
1896.
172
7,167
15,896
700,069
4,083,309 52
1897.
161
7,151
15,601
701,244
4,050,832 82
1898
162
7,157
15,673
703,730
4,152,878 60
1899.
163
7,161
15,564
713,690
4,312,245 22
1900
164
7,163
15,924
721,698
4,501,508 78
1901.
164
7,171
16,054
730,101
4,735,192 29
1902.
166
7,204
16,252
738,182
5,002,605 96
1903
167
7,229
16,664
744,603
5,308,373 18
1904.
166
7,255
16,765
745,010
5,688,103 24
1905
174
7,267
16,823
743,184
6,007,652 74
1906.
170
7,294
16,924
747,887
6,357,221 87
1907
170
7,302
17,286
743,030
7,091,866 36
1908.
178
7,310
17,407
747,276
7,700,993 17
1909
178
7,330
17,763
755,935
8,271,923 51
1910.
171
7,333
17,987
771,471
8,771,896 21
1911.
170
7,361
18,207
783,770
9,327,930 26
1912.
172
7,362
18,824
795,423
9,952,326 67
1913
172
7,327
19,500
815,840
10,539,963 46
1914.
172
7,335
19,734
826,400
10,795,281 69
1915.
172
7,337
20,161
845,754
11,932,392 96
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
1914.
1915.
School population
826,400
845,754
School enrollment
581,351
623,087
Number of ungraded school districts
6,711
6,706
Number of graded school districts.
624
631
Number of township school districts.
163
164
Number of schoolhouses.
8,743
8,800
Estimated value of school property .
$48,432,929
$53,347,934
Average school year in months .. .
8.6
8.6
Total number of teachers employed.
19,734
20,161
Total wages of teachers. .
$10,795,281 69
$11,932,392 96
Average wages of teachers per month ..
Females .. .
55 71
59 96
REVENUE.
From balance for preceding year .
$3,649,440 97
$4,014,296 41
From primary school interest fund
5,756,035 04
5,734,067 69
From one-mill tax.
1,360,160 04
1,628,749 16
From district taxes for all purposes
10,404,394 32
11,048,097 00
From non-resident pupils for tuition.
329,516 23
363,883 10
Library moneys.
62,958 40
110,938 12
Amount received from loans.
2,762,681 36
3,668,418 53
From all other sources
3,968,571 00
1,716,286 76
Total.
Males
91 72
95 57
$28,293,757 36
$28,284,736 77
317
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN.
LIST OF COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
TERMS EXPIRE JULY 1, 1919.
County.
Name.
Postoffice.
Alcona
Thomas B. Cook.
Alger.
E. H. Sortore
Allegan .
C. Lloyd Goodrich.
Alpena
E. L. Little.
Antrim
Archie C. Belding .
Harrisville. Munising. Allegan. Alpena. Bellaire.
Arenac
George H. Glasure.
Standish.
Baraga
S. O. Clinton.
Baraga. Hastings.
Barry .
Ernest J. Edger John B. Laing
Bay City. Frankfort.
Berrien.
Mrs. Emma H. Cole.
Branch.
L. L. Livermore
Calhoun
Deland A. Davis.
Cass.
Ruth H. Mosier
Charlevoix
May L. Stewart.
Jay Chamberlain
Cheboygan. Chippewa (a)
T. R. Easterday
Clare.
A. H. Aldrich ..
Theo. H. Townsend
James A. Kalahar.
Delta
C. U. Woolpert
Dickinson
Eaton.
Emmet Genesee.
Gladwin.
Cecil J. Barnum
Gogebic
Grand Traverse Gratiot.
Hillsdale
Houghton
Huron .
Ingham
Ionia
Iosco
Iron.
John F. Mason
Isabella .
Ernest T. Cameron
Jackson
W. W. McLain Sheridan Mapes Irene Louise Getty
Allen M. Freeland.
Grand Rapids.
Keweenaw Lake (c)
Lapeer.
Leelanau
Lenawee
George J. Tripp
H. G. Aldrich.
Luce.
Mackinac Macomb.
Ann I. Auten . E. J. Lachance Will L. Lee
Elbert Gerred
Marquette Mason Mecosta. Menominee
Simon R. Anderson. C. A. Rinehart Bert J. Ford . Jesse Hubbard .
Manistee. Ishpeming. Ludington. Big Rapids. Menominee.
Bay .
Benzie
Alfred H. Upton.
St. Joseph. Coldwater. Marshall. Dowagiac. East Jordan.
Cheboygan. Sault Ste. Marie. Harrison. St. Johns. Frederic.
Wells. Iron Mountain.
Donald O'Hara Cynthia A. Green H. S. Babcock. John L. Riegle.
Charlotte. Harbor Springs. Flint.
Gladwin. Ironwood. Traverse City. Ithaca. Hillsdale.
Houghton. Bad Axe. Mason. Ionia. Tawas City.
Crystal Falls. Mt. Pleasant. Jackson. Kalamazoo. Kalkaska.
Kalamazoo Kalkaska
Kent (b) .
Henry S. Winter . E. G. Johnson. Charles H. Naylor Harry R. Dumbrille.
Mohawk. Luther. Lapeer. Glen Arbor.
Adrian. Fowlerville. Newberry. St. Ignace. Mt. Clemens.
Manistee.
Livingston (d).
Laura Bowden Lee Hornsby . Howard A. Potter Harry McClave.
William Bath. William H. Sparling . F. E. Searl. . H. H. Lowrey J. A. Campbell.
Clinton Crawford
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MICHIGAN MANUAL.
LIST OF COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS .- Concluded.
County.
Name.
Postoffice.
Midland.
Byron G. Scollay.
Missaukee
John Q. Zuck.
Monroe.
John G. Schafer.
Montcalm.
E. D. Strait .
Montmorency
David W. Farrier
Muskegon
Nellie B. Chisholm
Newaygo
Carrie L. Carter.
Oakland
A. L. Craft.
Oceana
Mrs. Emma R. Hutchins
Hart.
Ogemaw
Josephine Woods .
West Branch.
Ontonagon
A. C. Adair.
Osceola.
George F. Roxburgh
Oscoda
John H. Speck.
Otsego .
Ray F. Jennings.
Vanderbilt. Holland.
Presque Isle .
Martha A. Caldwell.
Roscommon
W. M. Coon
Saginaw
B. S. Tefft.
Sanilac ..
W. J. Musselman.
Schoolcraft
Wm. T. S. Cornell.
Shiawassee
Howard E. Slocum. E. T. Blackney .
St. Joseph
Lewis E. Miller
Tuscola .
Ben H. McComb
Corunna. Port Huron. Centerville. Caro.
Van Buren Washtenaw
E. V. Root.
Evan Essery
Wayne
E. W. Yost.
Wexford
Roy Noteware
Paw Paw. Ann Arbor. Detroit. Cadillac.
Act 35 of 1901 amends the original act (act 147, 1891), providing for the election of county commissioner of schools and makes the term of office four years, commencing July 1, 1903. The board of supervisors fix the compensation of the commissioner which is limited to $1,800, and appoint a successor in case of vacancy.
(a) Act 169 of 1905, provides for the election of a commissioner in Chippewa county in November, 1908, and every fourth year thereafter, term of office to commence on January 1, following such election.
(b) In Kent county, commissioners are chosen at the November election, see L. A. 597, 1905.
(c) Act 115 of 1907, provides for the election of a commissioner in Lake county in November, 1910, and every fourth year thereafter, whose term shall commence on Jan- uary 1, following such election.
(d) Local act 592, 1905, provides for the election of a commissioner in Livingston county in November, 1906, and every two years thereafter, term of office to commence July 1, following election.
Midland. Lake City. Monroe. Stanton. Lewiston.
Montague. Fremont. Pontiac.
Rockland. Reed City. Mio.
Ottawa.
Nelson R. Stanton
Onaway. Roscommon. Saginaw, W. S.
Sandusky. Manistique.
St. Clair
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PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN.
COUNTY NORMAL TRAINING CLASSES FOR 1916-1917.
County.
Organ- ized.
Location.
Secretary of board.
Superintendent.
Allegan .
1906
Allegan
Earl W. DeLano
Alpena.
1916
Alpena.
Ernest Levit
Antrim.
1903
Mancelona
Mrs. Donna Davidson ..
Arenac
1903
Standish
S. E. Hayes.
L. H. Russell.
Barry .
1904
Hastings.
Wm. L. Shulters
E. J. Lederle.
Benzie. .
1908
Frankfort
M. H. Frederick
Berrien.
1908
Berrien Springs.
George Kephart
Branch
1906
Coldwater
Arthur G. Lyon
Calhoun.
1905
Marshall
Dr. S. K. Church
Cass.
1905
Dowagiac.
Leo Donahue :
Charlevoix
1903
Charlevoix
E. J. Hiller
H. A. Craig.
Cheboygan.
1907
Cheboygan
G. A. Hughill
W. L. Barr.
Clinton
1903
St. Johns
C. A. Putt.
Eaton
1908
Charlotte
Albert Murray
Emmet .
1914
Petoskey
Dr. Ralph D. Engle.
J. W. Kelder.
Genesee.
1907
Flint.
Dr. A. J. Wildanger
Gladwin.
1915
Gladwin
Isaac Foster.
Gd. Traverse ..
1912
Traverse City.
Wm. H. Nash
Gratiot
1903
Ithaca.
A. McCall.
Ingham
1904
Mason.
G. L. Peck.
Ionia
1904
Ionia.
Thane Benedict.
Iosco.
1904
Tawas City
John B. King .
Kalkaska
1903
Kalkaska.
M. S. Johnson.
Lapeer
1906
Lapeer
Arthur C. Holland .
Lenawee
1906
Blissfield .
Mrs. H. J. Luce.
John S. Page.
Macomb.
1904
New Baltimore ..
Rudolph Friday
Albert H. Clark.
Manistee.
1905
Manistee.
Mrs. F. W. White.
Mason .
1904
Ludington
J. H. Lyon . .
Mecosta.
1904
Big Rapids
W. H. Rowe
Menominee.
1907
Menominee
C. A. Spies
Midland .
1904
Midland
E. P. Rice.
J. B. Mott.
Missaukee
1911
Lake City
Geo. S. Stout
Monroe.
1915
Monroe.
Thomas R. Waters.
Montcalm ..
1907
Stanton
Thomas D. Dow.
Montmorency.
1911
Hillman
Geo. McNichol
S. O. Hartwell.
Newaygo
1905
Fremont
Milo A. White
Oakland.
1903
Pontiac
Elmer R. Webster
Oceana ..
1904
Hart.
L. A. Tice. .
H. L. Harrington.
Ogemaw.
1913
West Branch
Arthur Babcock.
J. P. Dick.
Ontonagon
1914
Ontonagon
Edward Carroll
James K. Jamison.
Osecola .
1903
Evart.
Geo. B. Selby.
Ottawa.
1906
Grand Haven. Onaway.
O. L. Sawtell.
Saginaw.
1906
Saginaw, W. S ..
C. A. Khuen
Sanilac
1908
Croswell
J. M. McIntyre
A. Powers.
Shiawassee.
1904
Owosso.
W. R. Goodrich.
M. W. Longman.
St. Clair
1903
Port Huron.
Loran C. Elliott J. H. Beckton.
W. F. Lewis.
Tuscola .
1907
Caro.
Van Buren
1906
Hartford
Dr. J. D. Stuart.
F. E. Schall. B. E. Smith.
Wexford.
1903
Cadillac.
George Johnston.
Geo. A. McGee.
S. W. Baker. R. H. McIntosh. Don Harrington. John L. Silvernale
Chas. C. Wills. E. E. Gallup. Albert L. Cook. H. S. Armstrong.
Muskegon
1909
Muskegon
John Vanderwerp
E. H. Babcock. G. L. Jenner.
W. H. Cottrille. Arthur Dondineau. B. L. Adle. Phil Huber.
Presque Isle.
1916
Lora J. Bremer
A. H. Robertson. Robert D. Ford. C. L. Taisey.
C. A. Everest. James L. Adams. T. E. Johnson. W. E. Olds. Arthur Frazee.
F. P. Buck. C. H. Carrick.
A. N. Cody. Albert Allen.
L. L. Tyler. I. F. King. J. E. Kennedy.
L. L. Forsythe. Eugene Swem.
J. F. Northon. E. E. Irwin.
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MICHIGAN MANUAL.
PUBLIC DOMAIN COMMISSION.
(MICHIGAN STATE LAND OFFICE.)
Act No. 270, P. A. 1913, provided for the abolishment of the office of the Commissioner of the State Land Office on and after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred fourteen. All duties devolving upon said officer, and all the powers and authority incidental to said office prior to said abolishment, were transferred to the Public Domain Commission.
All lands owned by the state are controlled by this commission. There are no local agents. Business can be done by letter. It is not necessary to come here.
This office cannot give information about the soil and timber of any particular lots, but buyers and settlers are advised to examine for themselves before taking.
PLATS.
SECTION 1. To aid in looking up state lands we furnish plats at the legal prices, payable in advance as follows:
Showing vacant lands, 25 cents per township.
Same, with streams drawn on, 50 cents per township.
In ordering plats, always give the number of the town and range of the townships wanted.
Cash should be sent with orders by mail.
SWAMP LANDS.
SEC. 2. These lands have recently been examined by competent men and appraised by the Public Domain Commission. Prices are based upon the report of the examiners as to their values.
Eighty acres or less of these lands, in one body in the lower peninsula, can be bought by any person on a first payment of one-quarter of the price down. The buyer must make affidavit that he will settle on the land within one year after the purchase. Blank affidavits furnished. Ten years' time allowed to pay the balance at 7 per cent annual interest. Swamp land scrip cannot be used in purchase or payment of balance due.
These lands are subject to homestead entry; any citizen over 21 years old, and not already owning 40 acres of land, may homestead not to exceed 80 acres, but he may buy an adjoining 80 acres or less on quarter payment down, with ten years' time on the balance, with 7 per cent annual interest. Blank applications furnished at this office.
In cases where swamp lands are paid for all down, payment will be received in money or in swamp land scrip, and there is no limit to the quantity purchased.
PRIMARY SCHOOL LANDS.
SEC. 3. These lands have recently been examined by competent men and appraised by the Public Domain Commission. Prices are based upon the report of the examiners as to their values.
Where these lands are valuable for pine, cedar or hemlock timber, they must be paid for all down. But where they are valuable mainly for farming purposes they can be sold on time.
Persons desiring to buy on time are required to furnish this office with a timber affidavit, and by this affidavit the commission will decide whether the desired lots are subject to sale on time, and if so subject to sale on time, first payment of not less than half the price down will be received. Blank timber affidavits furnished.
On the balance due the time is not limited, and 7 per cent yearly interest is charged.
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PUBLIC DOMAIN COMMISSION.
COLLEGE LANDS.
SEC. 4. These lands have been recently examined by competent men, and appraised by the state board of agriculture at from $1.50 to $12.50 per acre. They may be sold on not less than one-quarter payment down, if they are not mainly valuable for the timber thereon.
Time on balance due not limited. Interest 7 per cent. The balance due or a part of it may be paid at any time.
TAX HOMESTEAD LANDS.
SEC. 5. This land was originally intended to be held for homestead only, and is a class of land created from delinquent tax land held for more than five years by the auditor general, and under the law then deeded to the state by the auditor general and transferred to the Public Domain Commission to be disposed of by them. Under amendments to the law these lands are now withdrawn from homestead entry and are appraised and placed in market to be sold .. They can be purchased only upon payment of the full amount of the purchase price, such payment to be made when the application is filed with the Public Domain Commission, except that in certain counties tax homestead lands have also been withdrawn from sale and can only be obtained through exchange.
FORFEITED LANDS.
SEC. 7. The price of forfeited part-paid lands, now held by the state, is the original minimum price per acre and all improvements and unpaid taxes added thereto.
APPLICATIONS.
SEC. 8. No lands can be withheld from market for the benefit of purchasers until the purchase price is received at this office, and all deposits to purchase on part pay- ment must be accompanied with an acceptable affidavit as required by law. Deeds or patents to state lands will not be issued to any party and sent to any bank or other collecting office to be delivered to the purchaser upon his payment at such office of the purchase price.
SEC. 9. An act of the legislature of 1909 now requires that when sales of any class of land are made, a clause must be inserted in each deed or patent, reserving to the state of Michigan all mineral, coal, oil and gas found on the land so disposed of, together with the right of ingress or egress at all times over and across all lands that border upon any watercourse or stream, and all parties desiring to purchase must sign applications containing these reservations and an agreement on the part of the purchaser to accept deeds containing these reservation clauses and to abide by the same at all times. Blank forms for applications will be furnished upon application to this office.
SEC. 10. For information as to government or railroad land apply to the United States land office, at Marquette, upper peninsula, as this office has no record of such lands entered or unentered.
SENDING MONEY.
SEC. 11 .. Money to make any kind of payment at this office can be sent by express or mail.
In sending by express, always pay the express charges yourself.
In sending by mail, get a postoffice or express order or send in registered letter.
National bank drafts on Detroit or New York will be received as money. Other bank drafts will not be received as payment until collected, nor will Canadian money be re- ceived at this office.
Make all postoffice or express orders or bank drafts payable to "Public Domain Commission."
In your letters always tell plainly what you want, mention description of land, and number of certificate, if any; give your name, postoffice address, and put in a postage stamp for our answer.
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TABLE SHOWING BY COUNTIES THE NUMBER OF ACRES OF ALL CLASSES OF LAND HELD AT THE PUBLIC DOMAIN COMMISSION, DECEMBER 1, 1916. (a)
Counties.
Price county plats.
Swamp land. Acres.
Primary school land. Acres.
Agricultural College land. Acres.
Tax home- stead land. Acres.
Totals.
Alcona.
$2 50
262.63
320.00
12,892.41
13,475.04
Alger .
2 50
40.00
6,812.64
6,852.64
Alpena.
3 00
525.28
40.00
18,544.24
19,109.52
Antrim.
50
116.00
211.40
327.40
Arenac.
1 00
774.89
774.89
2 75
85.32
11,579.20
11,664.52
Baraga.
25
120.00
120.00
Charlevoix.
1
00
158.25
735.35
216.68
14,047.43
15,279.46
Cheboygan
3 50
280.00
Chippewa ..
4 00
Clare
2
00
41.49
160.00
5,261.07
5,462.56
Crawford.
3
00
2,720.00
40.00
21,195.29
23,955.29
Delta ..
3 50
80.00
7,507.53
7,587.53
Dickinson
1 50
480.00
4,512.27
4,992.27
Emmet .
75
280.00
1,055.93
1,335.93
Genesee.
1 00
200.00
4,271.22
4,471.22
Gogebic.
50
595.89
595.89
Grand Traverse.
1 00
40.00
3,276.48
3,316.48
Houghton
50
358.40
358.40
Huron.
25
160.00
160.00
Iosco
75
560.00
3,669.29
4,229.29
Iron.
2 50
5,985.39
5,985.39
Isabella
25
.
Kalkaska.
1 50
80.00
1,598.09
1,678.09
Kent.
25
908.60
3,019.70
Keweenaw
2 00
346.20
1,764.90
666.40
666.40
Lake.
50
Lapeer
25
125.00
125.00
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
1.80
1.80
Bay .
Calhoun .
250.00
408.25
1,496.20
13,990.53
15,486.73
40.00
40.00
Gladwin
60.00
60.00
.
80.00
80.00
.
.
Leelanau.
25
161.00
1
50
4,866.99
5,466.99
Mackinac.
3 00
7,846.72
7,926.72
Marquette.
3 50
12,537.49
12,537.49
Mason.
50
240.00
240.00
Mecosta.
50
384.16
384.16
Menominee.
1 25
133.34
1,566.58
1,699.92
Midland
50
848.92
848.92
Missaukee
2 00
40.00
6,884.98
6,924.98
25.
40.50
40.50
Montmorency
3 00
360.00
19,202.93
19,562.93
Newaygo
1 00
675.91
675.91
Oceana .
.
25
120.00
120.00
Ogemaw .
1 50
4,968.27
4,968.27
Ontonagon
25
317.60
317.60
Osceola .
2 00
4,322.38
4,322.38
Oscoda.
3 75
32.18
200.00
8,588.90
43,435.44
52,256.52
Otsego.
2 00
120.00
240.00
7,018.66
7,378.66
Presque Isle.
3 50
414.89
80.00
26.46
17,529.90
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