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§ 940. —  Forfeiture of rights where railroad not constructed in five years after location.

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[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

	 
	 




























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