Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 21 — Grants in Aid of Railroads and Wagon Roads
§ 891. Abandoned railroad lands; reentry
Statutory text
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.
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. 44–72 § 2 · 19 Stat. 35
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 891
(Apr. 21, 1876, ch. 72, § 2, 19 Stat. 35.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Apr. 21, 1876, ch. 72, § 2, 19 Stat. 35.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. That when at the time of such withdrawal Claims within land grants re entered after abandonment. as aforesaid valid pre-emption 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 re-entered by predemption or homestead claimants who have complied with the laws governing pre-emption 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 Claims entered after expiration of land grant. thereto.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Executive Documents
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. , 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
Credits
(Apr. 21, 1876, ch. 72, § 2, 19 Stat. 35.)