§ 934. — Right of way through public 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: 43USC934]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 934. Right of way through public lands granted to railroads
The right of way through the public lands of the United States is
granted to any railroad company duly organized under the laws of any
State or Territory, except the District of Columbia, or by the Congress
of the United States, which shall have filed with the Secretary of the
Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs of its
organization under the same, to the extent of one hundred feet on each
side of the central line of said road; also the right to take, from the
public lands adjacent to the line of said road, material, earth, stone,
and timber necessary for the construction of said railroad; also ground
adjacent to such right of way for station buildings, depots, machine
shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, not to exceed in
amount twenty acres for each station, to the extent of one station for
each ten miles of its road.
(Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 152, Sec. 1, 18 Stat. 482.)
Repeal of Section
Section repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 706(a), Oct.
21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976,
insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon,
under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest
System.
Savings Provision
Repeal by Pub. L. 94-579 insofar as applicable to the issuance of
rights-of-way not to be construed as terminating any valid lease,
permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub.
L. 94-579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 937, 938, 939, 940, 943, 944
of this title.
