Lists of tax homestead lands withdrawn from sale and set aside for state forests and parks, and recreational areas, 1930-1944.

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Lists of tax homestead lands withdrawn from sale and set aside for state forests and parks, and recreational areas, 1930-1944.

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Box 4, folder 6 of RG 62-16, series 79 consists of lists of tax homestead lands withdrawn from sale and set aside for state forests and parks, and recreational areas, for the years 1930-1944. The area set aside under provisions of Michigan Public Act 155 of 1927. Section 131 of this legislative gave the director of the Department of Conservation the authority to withhold homestead property for the purpose of state forests, state parks, game refuges, public hunting and recreational grounds. Areas documented: counties in Upper Northern Peninsula and Upper Peninsula. The lists are signed by the Department of Conservation directors, George R. Hogarth (1930-March 1934), acting director Roy E. Cotton (April-September 1934), and P.J. Hoffmaster (November 1934-1944).

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Michigan. Department of Conservation

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The 1925 Clark-McNary Act expanded the provisions of 1911 Federal legislation creating the National Forest System (Weeks Law). It made it easier for the United States Department of Agriculture to buy land from those sellers whose property was located within the National Forest System. The act also enabled the National Forest Service to work with state officials in forest protection and reforestation efforts. From the description of Documentation relating to the acquisition of the Eas...

Michigan. Lands Division

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