Wis. Stat. § 24.79
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 24.79, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Swampland grants.
Official statutory text
All swamp and overflowed lands and moneys in lieu thereof received from the United States by virtue of the act of congress approved September 28, 1850, entitled “an act to enable the state of Arkansas and other states to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits;” and all moneys received as purchase money for such lands, including loans and investments and moneys due upon certificates of sale thereof; and all swamp lands and moneys in lieu thereof received subsequent to the enactment of chapter 537, laws of 1865 , or which are hereafter received, from the United States; and the proceeds of the sale of all lands conveyed to this state pursuant to the act of congress approved March 2, 1865, entitled “an act for the relief of purchasers and locators of swamp and overflowed lands,” are trust lands and moneys, to be applied, exclusively, as provided in s. 24.80 .
History: 1981 c. 169 ; Stats. 1981 s. 24.79; 1999 a. 83 .
History: 1981 c. 169 ; Stats. 1981 s. 24.79; 1999 a. 83 .
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