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Code · U.S. Code · Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS · CHAPTER 23— GRANTS OF SWAMP AND OVERFLOWED LANDS · § 986

§ 986. Selection of lands confirmed

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All land selected and reported to the General Land Office as swamp and overflowed land by the several States entitled to the provisions of said Act of September 28, 1850, prior to March 3, A.D. 1857, are confirmed to said States respectively so far as the same remained vacant and unappropriated and not interfered with by an actual settlement under any law of the United States.
(R.S. § 2484.)
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  • act Mar. 3, 1857, ch. 117
  • 11 Stat. 251
  • 64 Stat. 1262
  • 60 Stat. 1100
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§ 986
Selection of lands confirmed
Actact Mar. 3, 1857, ch. 117
Stat.11 Stat. 251
Stat.64 Stat. 1262
Stat.60 Stat. 1100
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