§ 989. — Homestead entries by purchasers from Missouri of lands declared not to be swamp lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC989]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 23--GRANTS OF SWAMP AND OVERFLOWED LANDS
Sec. 989. Homestead entries by purchasers from Missouri of lands
declared not to be swamp lands
In all cases in the State of Missouri where lands have, prior to
February 23, 1875, been selected and claimed as swamp and overflowed
lands by said State, and the various counties therein, by virtue of any
Act of Congress, and said lands have been withheld from market in
consequence thereof by the General Government, and the said State and
counties have sold said lands to actual settlers, and said settlers have
improved the same to the value of $100; said settlers, their heirs,
assigns, and legal representatives, who have continued to reside
thereon, shall have priority of right to homestead all such lands as may
be rejected by the United States as not being in fact swamp and
overflowed lands; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Interior to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry
into effect the provisions of this section: Provided, That nothing
herein contained shall prejudice the rights of any person who may have
made actual settlement upon such lands under the preemption or homestead
laws prior to February 23, 1875.
(Feb. 23, 1875, ch. 99, 18 Stat. 334; Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, Sec. 4, 26
Stat. 1097.)
