§ 889. — Rights of entrymen whose entries had not been admitted to record.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC889]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 21--GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS
Sec. 889. Rights of entrymen whose entries had not been admitted
to record
The privileges granted by section 888 of this title are extended
(subject to the provisos, limitations, and restrictions thereof) to all
persons entitled to the right of homestead or preemption under the laws
of the United States, who have resided upon and improved for five years
lands granted to any railroad company, but whose entries or filings have
not for any cause been admitted to record.
(Aug. 29, 1890, ch. 819, 26 Stat. 369.)
