Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 22 — Rights-of-Way and Other Easements in Public Lands
§ 969. Forfeiture of Arkansas pipeline right of way for nonuser, etc.
Statutory text
If any section of said pipe line shall not be completed within one year after the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of said section, or if any section of said pipe line shall be abandoned or shall not be used for a period of two years, the right of way granted in sections 966 to 970 of this title as to any uncompleted, abandoned, or unused section of said pipe line shall be forfeited to the extent that the same is not completed or is abandoned or unused at the date of the forfeiture, without further action or declaration on the part of the Government or any proceedings or judgment of any court.
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. 61–155 § 4 · 36 Stat. 296
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 969
(Apr. 12, 1910, ch. 155, § 4, 36 Stat. 296.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Apr. 12, 1910, ch. 155, § 4, 36 Stat. 296.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. That if any section of said pipe line shall not be completed within one year after the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of said section, or if any section of said pipe line shall be abandoned or shall not be used for a period of two years, the right of way herein granted as to any uncompleted, abandoned or unused section of said pipe line shall be forfeited to the extent that the same is not completed or is abandoned or unused at the date of the forfeiture, without further action or declaration on the part of the Government or any proceedings or judgment of any court.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
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Section repealed by Pub.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
(Apr. 12, 1910, ch. 155, § 4, 36 Stat. 296.)