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MO Rev Stat § 241.155 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|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 swamp or overflowed lands, and quieting the title of the county thereto and may pay the special counsel or attorneys reasonable compensation for their services, to be paid out of any funds arising from the sale of the swamp or overflowed lands, or out of the general revenue fund of the county. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 580)
MO Rev Stat § 241.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|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 days' notice, by publication in some newspaper published in the county, if there be one, or if there be no such paper published in the county, then by at least ten written or printed handbills put up at ten public places within the county, containing a general description of the lands to be sold, by section, township and range. Such lands shall be sold in such quantities, at such times and places, and on such terms as they may think proper, and as set forth in such notice, with or without draining or reclaiming the same, as in their discretion they may think most conducive to the interest of their respective counties; and all sales made under the provisions of sections 241.010 to 241.280 shall conform to the subdivisions prescribed by the laws of the United States; provided, however, that no land shall be sold under the provisions of said sections for less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and provided further, that the county commissions of the several counties in this state may, if in their judgment it is deemed advisable, sell any of the swamp or overflowed lands in their counties at private sale, without advertisement as provided in this section, at a price not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; provided further, that in all cases where the county commissions of this state have, prior to 1880, sold or disposed of any such swamplands in their respective counties and issued, or caused to be issued, patents for the same, and the patentees, or those holding under them, have been claiming such lands and paying county and state taxes thereon for more than twenty years, such grant shall be deemed and held to be good and valid, and no action shall be maintained for the purpose of setting aside or calling in question such patent or patents. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12754)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11130; 1919 § 6994; 1909 § 7997
MO Rev Stat § 241.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|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 same, the county commission of such county, on the application of such purchaser, or, in case of death, of his or her legal representatives, is hereby authorized to cancel the contract, in whole or in part, upon these conditions: The said commission shall not, in any case, pay back any money or interest that has been paid upon said contract, nor rescind a contract for timbered land, when the timber or any portion of it has been removed since the sale of said land by said commission, without full indemnity being made therefor; and whenever any such sale is cancelled the county commission may resell said land as provided in section 241.160. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12770)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11146; 1919 § 7010; 1909 § 8013
MO Rev Stat § 241.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|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 anyone who may have become surety for the purchase of said lands, cancel the contract on such terms as may be deemed equitable and not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 241.010 to 241.280, as provided in section 241.160. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12771)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11147; 1919 § 7011; 1909 § 8014
MO Rev Stat § 241.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.190 - Insufficient title cause for cancellation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.190. Insufficient title cause for cancellation. — Whenever the county commissions of this state shall have sold swamp or overflowed lands to which they are unable to make a good and sufficient title, the said commissions are hereby authorized and empowered, with the consent of the purchaser, or, in the case of his or her death or absence from the state, then with the consent of his or her sureties or legal representative, to cancel said contract. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12772)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11148; 1919 § 7012; 1909 § 8015
MO Rev Stat § 241.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.200 - Power to cancel discretionary with commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.200. Power to cancel discretionary with commission. — This law shall not be so construed as to make it obligatory upon any county commission to rescind or cancel any contract or sale heretofore made, but the same shall be wholly discretionary with said commission, having in view the best interests of the county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12773)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11149; 1919 § 7013; 1909 § 8016
MO Rev Stat § 241.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.210 - Lands may be resold, when — conditions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.210. Lands may be resold, when — conditions. — In all cases where swamplands have been or may hereafter be sold, which had been previously sold and patented by any county commission in this state, to a bona fide purchaser, it shall be the duty of the county commission of the county in which such sales were made, upon proper application of the subsequent purchaser, accompanied by the proper proof, showing the facts, to draw a warrant on the county treasury in favor of the person who paid the same, for the amount of such purchase money actually paid into the county treasury; provided, that such person in whose favor such warrant is drawn shall relinquish all interest and title in such land in favor of the county or the prior purchaser holding a prior patent to such lands. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12779)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11155; 1919 § 7019; 1909 § 8022
MO Rev Stat § 241.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.220 - Issuance of patent, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.220. Issuance of patent, how. — Whenever full payment shall be made for any of said land by the purchaser thereof, the county commission shall cause the clerk of said commission to issue to the purchaser or purchasers, his or their heirs or assigns, a patent for the same, which patent shall be signed by the presiding commissioner of the county commission, countersigned by the clerk thereof, and recorded in the swamp land patent book, in the office of the county clerk. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12755)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11131; 1919 § 6995; 1909 § 7998
MO Rev Stat § 241.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.230 - Errors in description, how corrected.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.230. Errors in description, how corrected. — The county commission of any county in this state, authorized by law to sell and make title to bona fide purchasers to any swamp and overflowed lands granted by the state to the county for the purposes of reclamation, shall, by an order of record, upon sufficient proof being made by the owner of any swamp and overflowed lands undertaken to be sold, that an error has been made in the description of such lands, correct such error or misdescription wherever it occurs, whether in record of entry, certificate of purchase, patent, or the record thereof; provided, such correction shall not prejudice the rights of other parties. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12787)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11163; 1919 § 7027; 1909 § 8030
MO Rev Stat § 241.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.240 - Net proceeds of sales to county school fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   241.240. Net proceeds of sales to county school fund. — The net proceeds of the sales of all such lands, after defraying the expenses of draining, reclaiming, surveying and selling the same, as provided in sections 241.010 to 241.280, shall be paid into the county treasury and become a part of the county school fund of the county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12756, A. 1949 S.B. 1081)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11132; 1919 § 6996; 1909 § 7999
MO Rev Stat § 241.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.250 - Drainage and reclamation commissioners, appointment, duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   241.250. Drainage and reclamation commissioners, appointment, duties. — As soon as the several county commissions shall be furnished with the proper description of lands contemplated in section 241.010, they may have said overflowed and swamp lands drained and reclaimed, so as to render them tillable, or otherwise subservient to the purposes of sections 241.010 to 241.280, and for that purpose may appoint one or more drainage and reclamation commissioners, who shall, under the direction of the county commission, superintend the draining and surveying of said lands. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12753, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11129; 1919 § 6993; 1909 § 7996
MO Rev Stat § 241.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.260 - County commissions may borrow money, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.260. County commissions may borrow money, how. — To enable the county commissions to carry the provisions of sections 241.010 to 241.280 into effect, they shall have power to borrow money, and to issue bonds of the county therefor, in the manner and to the extent provided in Sections 26(e) and 27 of Article VI of the Constitution. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12762)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11138; 1919 § 7002; 1909 § 8005
MO Rev Stat § 241.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.290 - Abandoned riverbeds and islands granted counties for schools.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.290. Abandoned riverbeds and islands granted counties for schools. — All lands belonging to the state, not otherwise appropriated under the laws thereof, which have been formed by the recession and abandonment of their waters of the old beds of lakes and rivers in this state, or by the formation of islands in the navigable waters of the state, are hereby granted and transferred to the respective counties in which such lands are located, to be held by such counties for school purposes. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12789)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11165; 1919 § 7029; 1909 § 8032  (1960) Evidence as to alleged island in Mississippi reviewed and held to establish that the land involved was an accretion and that it did not form out of the bed of the Mississippi River on property which was owned by the state. Low watermark of river held to be the boundary of the riparian owner's property and since river never separated the so-called island from bank of the river at the low watermark, there was no island. Conran v. Girvin (Mo.), 341 S.W.2d 75.
MO Rev Stat § 241.291 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.291 - Mississippi and Missouri River islands to conservation commission or park board, exceptions — to county, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   241.291. Mississippi and Missouri River islands to conservation commission or park board, exceptions — to county, when. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 241.290 to 241.340, all lands belonging to the state, not otherwise appropriated, which have been formed by the formation of islands in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers within this state are hereby granted and transferred to the Missouri conservation commission for wildlife purposes. If the commission certifies that such islands have no present or potential value for wildlife use or recreation involving wildlife species, the islands shall then be transferred to the state park board for recreational purposes. If the park board certifies that the islands are of no present or potential value for recreational purposes, they shall be transferred to the respective counties in which they are located.  2. All islands formed in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers within this state after September 28, 1971, are the property of the state, and shall pass to the conservation commission or the state park board for wildlife or recreational purposes respectively in the same manner as provided in subsection 1 of this section for islands already formed, and if certified by both the conservation commission and the park board as having no value for wildlife or recreational purposes, they shall pass to the counties in which they are located, for the purpose and subject to the power of survey and sale, as provided in sections 241.291, 241.309 and 241.311. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 140 §§ 1, 2)
MO Rev Stat § 241.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.300 - Future abandoned riverbeds and islands granted counties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.300. Future abandoned riverbeds and islands granted counties. — All lands that may hereafter form by the recession from and abandonment of the bed of any lake or river, and islands which may hereafter form in the navigable waters of said state, which would otherwise have become the property of the state, shall pass in the same manner as in the case of such lands already formed, to the counties in which they are situated, for the purpose and subject to the power of survey and sale, as provided in sections 241.290 to 241.340. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12792)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11168; 1919 § 7032; 1909 § 8035
MO Rev Stat § 241.309 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.309 - Counties may sell land, how — proceeds, how used.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   241.309. Counties may sell land, how — proceeds, how used. — All counties in which such islands are situated may, subject to the provisions of section 241.311, cause them to be appropriately surveyed and sell and convey them in the same manner as lands are sold under the provisions of section 241.310, and for the same purposes. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 140 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 241.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.310 - Lands may be sold, how — disposition of proceeds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.310. Lands may be sold, how — disposition of proceeds. — All counties in which any such lands are situated shall have the power to cause the same to be appropriately surveyed, and to sell and convey them in the same manner that the swamplands acquired under the act of congress of September 28, 1850, entitled "An act to enable the state of Arkansas and other states to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands in their limits", afterward donated to the counties in which they were situated, or conveyed; and the proceeds of all such sales shall become a part of the swampland school funds of the counties in which said lands are situated. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12790)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11166; 1919 § 7030; 1909 § 8033
MO Rev Stat § 241.311 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.311 - Land to be auctioned to highest bidder.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   241.311. Land to be auctioned to highest bidder. — Any land sold under the provisions of sections 241.291, 241.309 and 241.311 or under the provisions of sections 241.290 to 241.340, shall be sold only at public auction to the highest bidder. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 140 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 241.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.320 - Lands to be surveyed, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.320. Lands to be surveyed, how. — In surveying the lands and islands referred to in sections 241.290 to 241.340 the surveyor shall connect the survey thereof with some established section, quarter section, meander or other United States survey corner conveniently near or adjacent to the land or island to be surveyed; he shall meander islands and such lake and riverbed lands as may abut on a navigable river or lake; he shall subdivide such lands into sections and quarter sections by producing and extending the lines of the surveys made by the United States surveyors over such islands and lands from the shore from which said islands or lands may be surveyed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12793)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11169; 1919 § 7033; 1909 § 8036
MO Rev Stat § 241.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.330 - Limitation against counties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.330. Limitation against counties. — No statute of limitations shall begin to run against the counties in which any such lands are situated to prevent them from recovering or acquiring such lands, for twenty years after the passage of this law; but after that date such counties, as to such lands, shall be subject to the same limitation laws as private individuals. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12791)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11167; 1919 § 7031; 1909 § 8034
MO Rev Stat § 241.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.340 - County commission may employ surveyors and attorneys.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.340. County commission may employ surveyors and attorneys. — The county commission may employ surveyors to survey said lands and islands, and attorneys to represent them in any suits pertaining thereto, and shall pay such surveyors and attorneys reasonable compensation for their services, to be paid out of any funds arising out of the sale of such lands and islands, or out of the general revenue fund of the county as may be agreed upon at the time such surveyors and attorneys are employed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12803)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11179; 1919 § 7043; 1909 § 8046
MO Rev Stat § 242.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 242 - Drainage Districts Organized in Circuit Court|Section 242.010 - Owner defined — delegation of representation and voting rights.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   242.010. Owner defined — delegation of representation and voting rights. — 1. The word "owner" as used in sections 242.010 to 242.690 shall mean the owner of the freehold estate, as appears by the deed record, and it shall not include reversioners, remaindermen, trustees, or mortgagees, who shall not be counted and need not be notified by publication, or served by process, but shall be represented by the present owners of the freehold estate in any proceeding under said sections.  2. Owners of property, located in whole or in part within the drainage district and owned by a corporation, partnership, joint venture, or any other form of ownership other than individual ownership, may delegate through procedures allowed as provided by the laws of this state an individual to exercise representation and voting on behalf of the corporation, partnership, joint venture, or other entity in matters requiring public vote involving the drainage district. For purposes of drainage districts organized pursuant to the laws of this state, any individual so recognized by the corporation, partnership, joint venture, or other entity as having the responsibilities of representing the property owner before the board of supervisors of the drainage district shall in all respects be treated by laws of this state as the owner of the property, and shall be entitled to all benefits and privileges allowed by law, including serving on the board of supervisors if so elected. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12364, A.L. 2002 S.B. 941)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10783; 1919 § 4415  (1953) Corporate holder of an easement in land held to be owner within this section so as to be entitled to notice under §§ 242.020 and 242.030. Farmers Drainage Dist. v. Sinclair Refining Co. (Mo.), 255 S.W.2d 745.