Sec. 1.

That the governor be and he is hereby authorized to issue to the original purchaser or to any assignee who can show title in himself derived from an unbroken chain of assignments of a certificate of sale, issued by the commissioner of the state land office, a patent for the lands therein described: Provided, Said lands have been fully paid for to the state: And provided also, That the assignment, if made since the twenty-eighth day of April, 1846, shall be duly executed and acknowledged in the manner deeds are required to be by the laws of this state; but if such assignment that said assignee claims under was made prior to the twenty-eighth day of April, 1846, any informality therein may be waived, and such patent issued to such assignee upon a satisfactory showing that he is equitably entitled to the same.

History: 1846, Act 83, Imd. Eff. Apr. 28, 1846 ;-- CL 1857, 2515 ;-- Am. 1865, Act 159, Eff. June 22, 1865 ;-- CL 1871, 3889 ;-- How. 5345 ;-- CL 1897, 1515 ;-- CL 1915, 737 ;-- CL 1929, 6054 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 126, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 322.521 Compiler's Notes: The office of commissioner of the state land office, referred to in this section, 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.