§ 313. Width of rights-of-way

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1899

   Pub. L. 55–374 § 2 · 30 Stat. 990

   Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 313

   Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 374, § 2, 30 Stat. 990

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 374, § 2, 30 Stat. 990

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. That such right of way shall not exceed fifty feet in width FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 374. 1899. on each side of the center line of the road, except where there are heavy cuts and fills, when it shall not exceed one hundred feet in width on each side of the road, and may include ground adjacent thereto for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turn-outs, and Additional ground for stations, etc. water stations, not to exceed one hundred feet in width by a length of two thousand feet, and not more than one station to be located within any one continuous length of ten miles of road: Provided, That this Proviso. Applicable to grants Indian Territory, etc. section shall apply to all rights of way heretofore granted to railroads in the Indian Territory where no provisions defining the width of the rights of way are set out in the Act granting the same.

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