[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR2625.1]

[Page 176]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2620_STATE GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart 2625_Swamp-land Grants
 
Sec. 2625.1  Selection and patenting of swamp lands.

    (a) All lands properly selected and reported to the Bureau of Land 
Management as swamp will be compared with the records of the said 
office, and lists of such lands as are shown to be swamp or overflowed, 
within the meaning of the Acts of March 2, 1849, and September 28, 1850 
(9 Stat. 352, 519), and that are otherwise free from conflict will be 
made out by such office and approved.
    (b) When the lists have been approved a copy of each list will be 
transmitted to the governor of the State, with the statement that on 
receipt of his request patent will issue to the State for the lands. A 
copy of each list also will be transmitted to the authorizing officer of 
the proper office for the district in which the lands are situated, and 
he will be requested to examine the same with the records of his office 
and report any conflicts found.
    (c) Upon receipt of a request from the governor for patent, and a 
report from the authorizing officer as to status, patents will issue to 
the State for all the lands embraced in said lists so far as they are 
free from conflict.
    (d) Under the provisions of the Act of March 2, 1849, granting swamp 
lands to the State of Louisiana, a certified copy of the list approved 
by the Director, transmitted to the Governor, has the force and effect 
of a patent.