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LegalText 43 U.S.C. § 983 Lists and plats of lands, for governors of States us united_states_code code_section 43 PUBLIC LANDS 23 GRANTS OF SWAMP AND OVERFLOWED LANDS 983 43 U.S.C. § 983 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc43@119-100.zip /us/usc/t43/s983 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-43/usc43.xml 4cec90d4207f2bdd8594836851fd3be5f7e9b6d39280b2fa5fe48b693680e3c9 d46a16361aa9d10bbc4b27ea0561882d240801c965a2700a4b7cf5f02f552a5f 705ac07fb724a2e7976abd9f73d199e29d08e5d0d79550c024fc35a8dc10e35f 2026-07-04 official
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43 U.S.C. § 983 - Lists and plats of lands, for governors of States

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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.

(R.S. § 2480.)

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