1999 US Code
Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 21 - GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS
Sec. 913 - Conveyance by land grant railroads of portions of rights of way to State, county, or municipality
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 21 - GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS Sec. 913 - Conveyance by land grant railroads of portions of rights of way to State, county, or municipality |
Contains | section 913 |
Date | 1999 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 23, 2000 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | May 25, 1920, ch. 197, 41 Stat. 621. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 41 Stat. 621 |
§913. Conveyance by land grant railroads of portions of rights of way to State, county, or municipality
All railroad companies to which grants for rights of way through the public lands have been made by Congress, or their successors in interest or assigns, are authorized to convey to any State, county, or municipality any portion of such right of way to be used as a public highway or street: Provided, That no such conveyance shall have the effect to diminish the right of way of such railroad company to a less width than 50 feet on each side of the center of the main track of the railroad as now established and maintained.
(May 25, 1920, ch. 197, 41 Stat. 621.)
Cross ReferencesConsent of United States given to any railroad company to convey to highway department of any State any part of its right-of-way, see section 316 of Title 23, Highways.
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