§ 886. — Survey of lands within limits of railroad grants.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC886]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 21--GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS
Sec. 886. Survey of lands within limits of railroad grants
For the survey of the public lands lying within the limits of land
grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and the
selection therein of such lands as are granted therefor, to enable the
Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of section 894 of
this title, the sum of $100,000 heretofore appropriated is made a
continuing appropriation for the survey of lands within the limits of
railroad land grants, and any money which shall be expended of such
appropriation and reimbursed and paid into the Treasury is
reappropriated, and said sum shall remain a continuing appropriation,
and so often as any part of the same shall, after being expended, be
reimbursed by any railroad company as hereinafter provided, the same
shall be again available for the purposes aforesaid: Provided, That any
portion of said sum expended for surveying such lands shall be
reimbursed by the respective companies or parties in interest for whose
benefit the lands are granted, according to the provisions of section
881 of this title: And provided further, That whenever there shall have
been reimbursed and paid into the Treasury of the United States, by the
respective companies or parties in interest, any part of said
appropriation expended for surveys within such grants, there shall be
immediately available, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, an amount equal to the amount so reimbursed, and the same
shall be available for the survey of the public lands lying within the
limits of the railroad land grants made by Congress, until all of said
lands shall have been surveyed: Provided, That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent the use, within the limits of any railroad
land grant made by Congress, of any part of any regular appropriation
for surveying the public lands: Provided, That no part of the foregoing
money shall be used for any land embraced in any grant to the State of
Florida: And provided further, That the provisions of law requiring
reimbursements to be made to the United States by railroad corporations
claiming such grants shall apply equally to the successors of such
railroad corporations acquiring title to their lands and other property,
under decree of foreclosure of any mortgage authorized by Congress.
(Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 189, Sec. 1, 28 Stat. 937; Pub. L. 96-470, title I,
Sec. 108(b), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2239.)
Amendments
1980--Pub. L. 96-470 struck out provision requiring Secretary of the
Interior to report to each regular session of Congress what has been
done under this section.
Appropriations
Effective July 1, 1935, the continuing appropriation provided for in
this section was repealed by act June 26, 1934, ch. 756, Sec. 1, 48
Stat. 1225.
