241.030. Secretary of state to act as swampland agent--his duties. - Missouri Statutes

Secretary of state to act as swampland agent--his duties.

241.030. 1. It is made the duty of the secretary of stateof this state to act as swampland agent, to locate such publiclands as the state of Missouri may be authorized to locate underthe provisions of the act of congress of September 28, 1850,granting swamp and overflow lands to the state of Missouri, andother acts of congress since that time passed, relating to saidlands, and to obtain the right of the state under said acts, andsettle and adjust any and all claims the state of Missouri mayhave against the United States growing out of said grant of land.He is hereby authorized to obtain such proof from the variouscounty commissions as is necessary to secure the indemnity fromthe general government under the act of March 2, 1855, and ishereby authorized to employ assistants for the performance of theduties required of him in sections 241.010 to 241.280, subject tothe approval of the governor.

2. He shall receive all moneys, scrip or certificates ofindemnity on account of swamp and overflowed lands sold by thegovernment of the United States since the donation of such landsto the state of Missouri, and deposit the moneys or scrip soobtained in the state treasury, to the credit of the county inwhose favor the same is drawn, and cancel all records in hisoffice on which indemnity has been received. He shall locate allcertificates of indemnity received as aforesaid in the name ofthe county in whose favor said certificate is drawn, making saidlocation from sight or personal knowledge of the same, anddeposit the certificate of said location in the state treasury,subject to the orders of the respective county commissions, andhe shall immediately notify said county commissions of alldeposits made in conformity with sections 241.010 to 241.280.

(RSMo 1939 § 12775)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11151; 1919 § 7015; 1909 § 8018