43 U.S.C. § 982 — Grant to States to aid in construction of levees and drains
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This section grants most States swamp and overflowed land that remained unsold on or after September 28, 1850, so they can build levees and drains and reclaim it. Kansas, Nebraska, and Nevada are excluded, and California, Minnesota, and Oregon are subject to this chapter’s stated conditions.
(a) To help the States build needed levees and drains and reclaim their swamp and overflowed lands, all such land that was made unfit for cultivation and remained unsold on or after September 28, 1850, is granted to and belongs to the State where it lies. Kansas, Nebraska, and Nevada are not included. For California, Minnesota, and Oregon, the grant is subject to the limits, restrictions, and conditions stated later in this chapter for each of those States.
To enable the several States (but not including the States of Kansas, Nebraska, and Nevada) to construct the necessary levees and drains, to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein—the whole of the swamp and overflowed lands, made unfit thereby for cultivation, and remaining unsold on or after the 28th day of September, A.D. 1850, are granted and belong to the several States respectively, in which said lands are situated: Provided, however, That said grant of swamp and overflowed lands, as to the States of California, Minnesota, and Oregon, is subject to the limitations, restrictions and conditions hereinafter named and specified in this chapter, as applicable to said three last-named States respectively.
Source credit: (R.S. § 2479.)
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