Mo. Rev. Stat. § 241.100
Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
It shall be the duty of the officers named in section 241.080 to convey by patent or patents, as provided in said section, all such overflowed and swamp lands as may hereafter be patented to the state of Missouri by the government of the United States, to the respective counties in which the same may lie.
§ 241.100, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 12782