Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 8 — Rights-of-Way Through Indian Lands
§ 315. Time for completion of road; forfeiture
Statutory text
If any such company shall fail to construct and put in operation one-tenth of its entire line in one year, or to complete its road within three years after the approval of its map of location by the Secretary of the Interior, the right of way granted shall be deemed forfeited and abandoned ipso facto as to that portion of the road not then constructed and in operation: Provided, That the Secretary may, when he deems proper, extend, for a period not exceeding two years, the time for the completion of any road for which right of way has been granted and a part of which shall have been built.
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.
Pub. L. 55–374 § 4 · 30 Stat. 990
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 315
(Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 374, § 4, 30 Stat. 991.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 374, § 4, 30 Stat. 991.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. That if any such company shall fail to construct and put in Construction. —forfeiture. operation one-tenth of its entire line in one year, or to complete its road within three years after the approval of its map of location by the Secretary of the Interior, the right of way hereby granted shall be deemed forfeited and abandoned ipso facto as to that portion of the road not then constructed and in operation: Provided, That the Secretary may, Proviso. —extension of time for completion. when he deems proper, extend, for a period not exceeding two years, the time for the completion of any road for which right of way has been granted and a part of which shall have been built.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 374, § 4, 30 Stat. 991.)