43 U.S.C. § 983 — Lists and plats of lands, for governors of States

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Lists and plats of lands, for governors of States

43 U.S.C. § 983

Chapter23 — GRANTS OF SWAMP AND OVERFLOWED LANDS

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43 U.S.C. § 983.

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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.

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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.

United States of America, on Its Own Behalf and for the Benefit of the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Emily Byrne Norman Wade Linda Wade McKellips Land Corporation William C. Raasig Jack D. Rose Southwest Gas Corporation Jack R. Hawkins Doris Hawkins, and Robert H. Chesney Howard M. Burdick Rose Marie Burdick James Engelmann Thomas E. Fryer Barbara J. Fryer Ralph George Margaret George Crystal L. Giannotti Lucinda Giannotti Alvin Grudem AKA Alvin Gruden Alora Grudem AKA Alora Gruden Gail Frances Jewell Charles S. King Juliene King Michael M. Sullivan Mary M. Sullivan Helmut Treffke Kathryn Treffke Lorraine E. Knowlton, Margarite A. Coates Mojave County Board of Supervisors Jay Dee Harp Janalee Harp Carl Lawyer Wilma B. Lawyer Roben Johnson Katherine Johnson, Richard Aria Ruth Aria Lewis M. Cooper James L. Henderson Terry S. Henderson G. Harrison Charolette Harrison Donald Lewis Margaret M. Lewis Shirley J. Johnson, AKA Shirley J. Brewer Johnson King Pump and Dewatering Corporation Kenneth R. Lucas Leory Munson Sharon O'COnnOr Daniel McIntyre Joyce McIntyre Marc Richards Ginger Richards Robert Hall Fidelity National Title Company Mojave River Enterprises, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees, Camille Engelman, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee v. Maricopa County Treasurer, a Body Politic, Cross-Defendant-Appellee

279 F.3d 677 (Ninth Circuit, 2002)

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(R.S. §2480.)

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

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