2018 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 21 - Grants in Aid of Railroads and Wagon Roads
Sec. 883 - Collection of costs of surveying, etc.; reimbursement of purchaser
| 43 U.S.C. § 883 (2018) |
| §883. Collection of costs of surveying, etc.; reimbursement of purchaser |
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If any railroad corporation required by law to pay the costs of surveying, selecting, or conveying any lands granted to such company or for its use and benefit by Act of Congress shall for thirty days neglect or refuse to pay any such costs after demand for payment thereof by the Secretary of the Interior, he shall notify the Attorney General, who shall at once commence proceedings to collect the same. But when any sum shall be collected of such railroad company as costs of surveying, selecting, and conveying any tract of land which shall have been purchased under the provisions of section 882 of this title, the Secretary of the Interior shall out of such collections reimburse said purchaser, his heirs or assigns, the amount of money paid by him as the costs of such surveying, selecting, and conveying. |
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(July 10, 1886, ch. 764, §2, 24 Stat. 143.) |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
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| Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 21 - GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS Sec. 883 - Collection of costs of surveying, etc.; reimbursement of purchaser |
| section 883 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| No |
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| 24 Stat. 143 |
