Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 22 — Rights-of-Way and Other Easements in Public Lands
§ 944. Right of way in Oklahoma and Arizona
Statutory text
Where, under sections 934 to 939 of this title, or under special Acts of Congress, or under the laws of the former Territories of Oklahoma and Arizona, railroads have been constructed and were on , in operation in Oklahoma or Arizona which passed through any of the lands theretofore reserved for said Territories, such lands shall be disposed of subject to such railroad right or easement, but only to the extent of the right of way conferred by the said sections for such railroad purposes.
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. 59–3548 · 34 Stat. 481
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 944
(June 26, 1906, ch. 3548, 34 Stat. 481.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 26, 1906, ch. 3548, 34 Stat. 481.)
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Repeal; Savings Provision
Section repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 706(a), , 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after , insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest System. Such repeal not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on , see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
Credits
(June 26, 1906, ch. 3548, 34 Stat. 481.)