43 U.S.C. § 986 : US Code - Section 986: Selection of lands confirmed

Search 43 U.S.C. § 986 : US Code - Section 986: Selection of lands confirmed

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.