43 U.S.C. § 983 — Lists and plats of lands, for governors of States
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The Secretary of the Interior must accurately list and map the covered lands and send those lists and maps to the governors. When a governor asks, the Secretary must issue the State patents giving it full ownership, and the land proceeds must be used as needed to reclaim the land with levees and drains.
(a) The Secretary of the Interior must make accurate lists and plats of all the covered lands and send them to the governors of the States where the lands lie. If a governor asks, the Secretary must issue patents to that State conveying full ownership of the land. The proceeds from the land, whether from a sale or a direct in-kind appropriation, must be used exclusively, as far as needed, to reclaim the land through levees and drains.
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.
Source credit: (R.S. § 2480.)
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