U.S. Code » Title 43 » Chapter CHAPTER 23— GRANTS OF SWAMP AND OVERFLOWED LANDS

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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1933–2002 · leading case: John D. Mays & Laura F. Mays, His Wife v. Claude R. Kirk, Jr., as Governor, 414 F.2d 131 (5th Cir. 1969).
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John D. Mays & Laura F. Mays, His Wife v. Claude R. Kirk, Jr., as Governor, 414 F.2d 131 (5th Cir. 1969). · cites it 2× “In his complaint in the District Court, Mays acknowledges that in 1882 the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to 43 U.S.C.A. § 983 , 6 patented the tract in question to the State of Florida as swamp and overflowed lands.”
United States v. Byrne, 291 F.3d 1056 (9th Cir. 2002). “The Swamp Act required the Secretary of the Interior to list and survey all swamp and overflowed lands and, upon request, to patent to the states all the unsold swamp and overflowed lands within their territorial limits.”
United States v. Byrne, 279 F.3d 677 (9th Cir. 2002). “The Swamp Act required the Secretary of the Interior to list and survey all swamp and overflowed lands and, upon request, to patent to the states all the unsold swamp and overflowed lands within their territorial limits.”
City of Los Angeles v. Borax Consol. Ltd., 5 F. Supp. 281 (S.D. Cal. 1933). “” 43 USCA § 983, note 6. In support of the foregoing statement a long list of authorities is cited.”
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