Sec. 49. The commissioner of the land office shall have the custody of all books and papers relating to any of the public lands mentioned in this chapter, except such as properly belong to the records or files of other offices.
Books and papers relating to state lands; custody of commissioner of state land office.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.349, under Revised Statutes of 1846.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.349