Mo. Rev. Stat. § 241.040
Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
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 the state in which they lie, whenever the counties interested in said lands may, by an order of the county commission, authorize him so to do.
§ 241.040, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 12774