§ 982. — Grant to States to aid in construction of levees and drains.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC982]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 23--GRANTS OF SWAMP AND OVERFLOWED LANDS
Sec. 982. Grant to States to aid in construction of levees and
drains
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.
(R.S. Sec. 2479.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2479 derived from acts Sept. 28, 1850, ch. 84, Secs. 1, 4,
9 Stat. 520; Mar. 12, 1860, ch. 5, Sec. 1, 12 Stat. 3; Feb. 19, 1874,
ch. 30, 18 Stat. 16.
Grants Not To Extend to Alaska
Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on
issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as
required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72
Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
Land grant under Alaska Statehood provisions in lieu of grant of
land under this section (declared not to extend to Alaska), see section
6(l) of Pub. L. 85-508, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title
48.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 864, 988 of this title.