Report of Special Committee relative to a bill granting the swamp lands in the Upper Peninsula to the counties in which they are situated.

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Corporate author / creator:	Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives. Special Committee Relative to a Bill Granting the Swamp Lands in the Upper Peninsula to the Counties in Which They Are Situated.
Imprint:	[Michigan?] : [publisher not identified], [1857]
Description:	1 online resource (6 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	House doc. ; no. 4; Legislature, 1857 House doc. (Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives) ; 1857, no. 4.
Subject:	Public land sales -- Michigan. Public lands -- Michigan. Land grants -- United States. Land grants -- Michigan. Political participation -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula. Representative government and representation -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula. Economic history. Land grants. Political participation. Public land sales. Public lands. Representative government and representation. Upper Peninsula (Mich.) -- Economic conditions. Michigan. Michigan -- Upper Peninsula. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13564824

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Notes:	"The disposition of the Swamp Lands since the period of the grant by Congress, has been a subject of much consideration and perplexity. ... The very magnitude of the grant, coupled with a suppositious idea of its immense value in dollars and cents, seems to be an impidement to legislation."--Pages 1-2. Online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed March 1, 2023).
Summary:	Review by a committee of the Michigan House of a proposal related to the disposition of swamp lands in Michigan. As noted in the report, "In view of these facts--that the Upper Peninsula has received no benefit from the large appropriations by the General Government; that the University Normal School, and Agricultural College are beyond its reach; that it cannot tax the great bulk of property for school purposes, on account of the specific tax paid the State, the committee are unanimously of the opinion that it should receive assistance at the hands of the Legislature. ... Such a disposition of the swamp lands situated in the Upper Peninsula would be in accordance with public opinion--devoted to a useful and noble purpose. In giving them to the counties in which they are situated, in charge of the local authorities for the purposes mentioned in the bill, they will be committed to those familiar with the country, its necessities, and desires." (Pages 5-6).

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