§ 887. — Deposits for surveys of lands granted to railroads.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC887]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 21--GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS
Sec. 887. Deposits for surveys of lands granted to railroads
When any railroad company claiming a grant of land under any Act of
Congress, desiring to secure the survey of any unsurveyed lands within
the limits of its grant, shall file an application therefor in writing
with such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate, and
deposit in a proper United States depository to the credit of the United
States a sum sufficient to pay for such survey and for the examination
thereof pursuant to law and the rules and regulations of the Department
of the Interior under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior or
such officer as he may designate, it shall thereupon be the duty of the
Secretary or such officer, or the Director of the United States
Geological Survey, as the case may be, to cause said lands to be
surveyed.
For any deposits made by any railroad company hereunder,
certificates shall be issued, which may be used by such railroad
company, its successors or assigns, to the same extent as cash is now
allowed in payment of entries of public lands under existing law and
regulations for any public lands of the United States in the States
where the surveys were made, or for any survey or office fees due the
United States from such railroad company on account of surveys of lands
within its grant. The Secretary of the Interior shall provide such rules
and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the foregoing
provisions.
(Feb. 27, 1899, ch. 205, 30 Stat. 892; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat.
1144; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R.
7876, 60 Stat. 1100; Pub. L. 102-154, title I, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat.
1000.)
Change of Name
``United States Geological Survey'' substituted for ``Geological
Survey'' in first undesignated paragraph pursuant to provision of title
I of Pub. L. 102-154, set out as a note under section 31 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out
under section 1451 of this title.
``Supervisor of Surveys,'' changed to ``such officer as the
Secretary of the Interior may designate,'' and two references to
``Commissioner of the General Land Office,'' changed to ``Secretary of
the Interior or such officer as he may designate,'' and ``Secretary or
such officer,'' respectively, on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan
No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
Act Mar. 3, 1925, abolished office of surveyor general and
transferred administration of all activities in charge of surveyors
general to Field Surveying Service under jurisdiction of United States
Supervisor of Surveys.
