§ 881. Cost of survey of grants to railroads; payment

Statutory text

Before any land granted to any railroad company by the United States shall be conveyed to such company, or any persons entitled thereto under any of the acts incorporating or relating to said company, unless such company is exempted by law from the payment of such cost, there shall first be paid into the Treasury of the United States the cost of surveying, selecting, and conveying the same by the said company or persons in interest.

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.

1870
July 15, 1870, ch. 292, 16 Stat. 305 · 16 Stat. 305
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 881
July 15, 1870, ch. 292, 16 Stat. 305
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 15, 1870, ch. 292, 16 Stat. 305

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Credits

1870–1876 · 2 acts

1870July 15, 1870, ch. 292, 16 Stat. 305
1876July 31, 1876, ch. 246, 19 Stat. 121.

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(July 15, 1870, ch. 292, 16 Stat. 305; July 31, 1876, ch. 246, 19 Stat. 121.)