§ 983. Lists and plats of lands, for governors of States

Statutory text

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior, to make accurate lists and plats of all such lands, and transmit the same to the governors of the several States in which such lands may lie, and at the request of the governor of any State in which said swamp and overflowed lands may be, to cause patents to be issued to said State therefor, conveying to said State the fee simple of said land.

The proceeds of said lands, whether from sale or by direct appropriation in kind, shall be applied exclusively, as far as necessary, to the reclaiming said lands, by means of levees and drains.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

undated
(R.S. § 2480.)
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 983
(R.S. § 2480.)
Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.
Source evidence
Code source credit
(R.S. § 2480.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

R.S. § 2480 derived from act Sept. 28, 1850, ch. 84, § 2, 9 Stat. 519.

Credits

(R.S. § 2480.)