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43 U.S.C. 984: Legal subdivisions mostly wet and unfit for cultivationText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 43-PUBLIC LANDSCHAPTER 23-GRANTS OF SWAMP AND OVERFLOWED LANDS
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§984. Legal subdivisions mostly wet and unfit for cultivation

In making out lists and plats of the lands aforesaid all legal subdivisions, the greater part whereof is wet and unfit for cultivation, shall be included in said lists and plats, but when the greater part of a subdivision is not of that character, the whole of it shall be excluded therefrom.

(R.S. § 2481.)

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R.S. § 2481 derived from act Sept. 28, 1850, ch. 84, § 3, 9 Stat. 519.