FEDERAL · 43 U.S.C. · Chapter 21

Abandoned railroad lands; reentry

43 U.S.C. § 891
Title43Public Lands
Chapter21 — GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS

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43 U.S.C. § 891.

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When at the time of such withdrawal as aforesaid, valid preemption or homestead claims existed upon any lands within the limits of any such grants which afterward were abandoned, and, under the decisions and rulings of the Land Department, were reentered by preemption or homestead claimants who have complied with the laws governing preemption or homestead entries, and shall make the proper proofs required under such laws, such entries shall be deemed valid, and patents shall issue therefor to the person entitled thereto.

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Rice v. United States
348 F. Supp. 254 (D. North Dakota, 1972)
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History

(Apr. 21, 1876, ch. 72, §2, 19 Stat. 35.)

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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, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.

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