§ 889. Rights of entrymen whose entries had not been admitted to record

Statutory text

The privileges granted by section 888 of this title are extended (subject to the provisos, limitations, and restrictions thereof) to all persons entitled to the right of homestead or preemption under the laws of the United States, who have resided upon and improved for five years lands granted to any railroad company, but whose entries or filings have not for any cause been admitted to record.

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.

1890
Pub. L. 51–819 · 26 Stat. 369
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 889
(Aug. 29, 1890, ch. 819, 26 Stat. 369.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 29, 1890, ch. 819, 26 Stat. 369.)

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Credits

(Aug. 29, 1890, ch. 819, 26 Stat. 369.)