[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC940]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 940. Forfeiture of rights where railroad not constructed in
five years after location
Each and every grant of right of way and station grounds made prior
to February 25, 1909, to any railroad corporation under sections 934 to
939 of this title, where such railroad had not been constructed and the
period of five years next following the location of said road, or any
section thereof, had on that date expired, is declared forfeited to the
United States, to the extent of any portion of such located line then
remaining unconstructed, and the United States resumes the full title to
the lands covered thereby free and discharged from such easement, and
the forfeiture declared shall, without need of further assurance or
conveyance, i