43 U.S.C. § 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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1944–1944 · leading case: State v. Aucoin, 20 So. 2d 136 (La. 1944).
State v. Aucoin, 20 So. 2d 136 (La. 1944). “the following pertinent statement : “ * * * the land was selected as ‘swamp and overflowed lands’ by the state. It not appearing otherwise, the selection must be presumed to have included the land overflowed, and if so it was confirmed to the state by the act of March 3, 1857,…”
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