Section 241.120 – Patents to be evidence of title.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 241.120. Patents to be evidence of title. — All patents issued, executed and duly recorded, as required by sections 241.010 to 241.280, or a certified copy of the same, which shall include all the land therein described, or which shall include any separate and distinct description of the lands therein […]
Section 241.130 – Construction of this law.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 241.130. Construction of this law. — Nothing in this law shall be so construed as to require the secretary of state to patent to the several counties, as provided in sections 241.010 to 241.280, any swamp or overflowed lands heretofore patented to the several counties in which such lands lie […]
Section 241.140 – County recorder to be lawful custodian.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 241.140. County recorder to be lawful custodian. — In all counties where lands have been sold, patents issued, and the same have been recorded, the clerk of the county commission in whose office any such records may now remain, or that hereafter may be made under the laws respecting the […]
Section 241.150 – Control over patented lands vested in county commissions.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 241.150. Control over patented lands vested in county commissions. — The several county commissions shall have full power and control over all such overflowed and swamp lands patented to their respective counties under the provisions of sections 241.010 to 241.280, and to sell and dispose of the same in like […]
Section 241.155 – County commission may employ counsel, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 241.155. County commission may employ counsel, when. — The county commission of any county in this state owning swamp or overflowed lands may employ special counsel or attorneys to represent the county in prosecuting or defending any suit by or against the county for the recovery or preservation of the […]
Section 241.160 – Sale of public lands by county commission — procedure.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 241.160. Sale of public lands by county commission — procedure. — Whenever, in the judgment of said county commission, it shall be to the interest of said counties to do so, they shall order the sheriff to sell the same at public vendue to the highest bidder, after giving sixty […]
Section 241.170 – County commissions may cancel contracts, upon conditions.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 241.170. County commissions may cancel contracts, upon conditions. — In every case where persons have become the purchasers of swamp and overflowed lands in the several counties in this state, on credit, either in whole or in part, and shall, by death or otherwise, become unable to pay for the […]
Section 241.180 – Cancellation of contract when process cannot be served, how.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 241.180. Cancellation of contract when process cannot be served, how. — If the purchaser of any swamplands has absented himself from this state, so that no process at law can be served on him, the county commission of the county where the said swampland lies may, upon the application of […]
Section 241.040 – Governor to relinquish title to certain lands, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 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 […]
Section 241.050 – Duty of treasurer.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 241.050. Duty of treasurer. — It is made the duty of the treasurer of this state to pay said money or scrip mentioned in section 241.030 to the authorized agents of the counties to which such money or scrip may be made payable by the provisions of sections 241.010 to […]