§ 937. — Filing profile of road; forfeiture of rights.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC937]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 937. Filing profile of road; forfeiture of rights
Any railroad company desiring to secure the benefits of sections 934
to 939 of this title, shall, within twelve months after the location of
any section of twenty miles of its road, if the same be upon surveyed
lands, and, if upon unsurveyed lands, within twelve months after the
survey thereof by the United States, file with the officer, as the
Secretary of the Interior may designate, of the land office for the
district where such land is located a profile of its road; and upon
approval thereof by the Secretary of the Interior the same shall be
noted upon the plats in said office; and thereafter all such lands over
which such right of way shall pass shall be disposed of subject to such
right of way: Provided, That if any section of said road shall not be
completed within five years after the location of said section, the
rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to any such uncompleted
section of said road.
(Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 152, Sec. 4, 18 Stat. 483; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3,
Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
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Section repealed by Pub.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.
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.
``Officer, as the Secretary of the Interior may designate''
substituted for ``register'' on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan
No. 3 of 1946, which abolished all registers of district land offices
and transferred functions of register of district land office to
Secretary of the Interior. See section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946,
set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 938, 939, 940, 943, 944 of
this title.
