Missouri § 241.040 - Governor to relinquish title to certain lands, when.
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§ 241.040. Governor to relinquish title to certain lands, when.
The governor of the state is hereby authorized to relinquish the title of the state to such swamp and overflowed lands as may have been sold by the general government since the passage of the law donating said lands to the state in which they lie, whenever the counties interested in said lands may, by an order of the county commission, authorize him so to do.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12774)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11150; 1919 § 7014; 1909 § 8017
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