43 U.S.C. § 982 : US Code - Section 982: Grant to States to aid in construction of levees and drains

Search 43 U.S.C. § 982 : US Code - Section 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.