§ 909. — Forfeiture of grant on failure to make deposit.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC909]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 21--GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS
Sec. 909. Forfeiture of grant on failure to make deposit
If any railroad corporation required by law to pay the costs of
surveying, selecting, or conveying any lands granted to such
corporation, or for its use and benefit, by any Act of Congress, shall,
for ninety days from notice or demand by the Secretary of the Interior,
as provided by section 908 of this title, neglect or refuse to deposit
an amount sufficient to meet the expense of surveying, selecting, and
conveying the unsurveyed lands granted to such company, or for its use
and benefit, by any Act of Congress, and designated in the notice or
demand by the Secretary of the Interior, as aforesaid, the rights,
title, and interests of such company, and all those claiming by,
through, or under it, in and to the unsurveyed lands designated in the
notice of the Secretary, as aforesaid, shall cease and forfeit to the
United States; and the Secretary of the Interior shall notify the
Attorney General, who shall at once commence proceedings to declare the
forfeiture and to restore the lands forfeited to the public domain.
(June 25, 1910, ch. 406, Sec. 2, 36 Stat. 834.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 908, 910, 911 of this title.
