241.010. Reclamation of swamplands by counties. - Missouri Statutes

Reclamation of swamplands by counties.

241.010. In order to provide for the reclamation of alloverflowed and swamp lands which were granted to the state ofMissouri for that purpose by an act of congress, entitled "An actto enable the state of Arkansas and other states to reclaim theswamp lands within their limits", approved September 28, 1850,all of said lands in this state are hereby donated to thecounties in which they may be respectively situated, and shall bethe absolute property of such counties for the purposesdesignated in sections 241.010 to 241.280; and the secretary ofstate is hereby required to furnish to the clerks of all thecounty commissions a certified copy of the approved and correctedlist of swamplands in each county, whenever called on for suchlist by the said clerk or clerks.

(RSMo 1939 § 12752)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11128; 1919 § 6992; 1909 § 7995

(1959) The ten-year statute of limitations runs against a county to deprive it of title to islands, swamplands and abandoned river beds. Hamburg Realty Co. v. Walker (Mo.), 327 S.W.2d 155.