Public Law 119-87 (04/30/2026)

Chapter 21 Grants in AID of Railroads and Wagon Roads

Browse 0 units and 34 sections in Chapter 21 Grants in AID of Railroads and Wagon Roads of Title 43.

Sections in Chapter 21

§ 881 Cost of survey of grants to railroads; payment § 882 Surveyed lands taxable notwithstanding lien; provisos § 883 Collection of costs of surveying, etc.; reimbursement of purchaser § 884 Right of forfeiture of railroad grants not affected § 885 Union Pacific Railroad lands § 886 Survey of lands within limits of railroad grants § 887 Deposits for surveys of lands granted to railroads § 888 Selection by railroads of lands in lieu of lands entered subsequent to accrual of rights; title of settlers § 889 Rights of entrymen whose entries had not been admitted to record § 890 Homestead entries on railroad lands prior to withdrawal or after restoration to market confirmed § 891 Abandoned railroad lands; reentry § 892 Entries after expiration of grant § 893 Rights of permissive settlers on railroad lands restored to public domain § 894 Adjustment of land grants to railroads § 895 Cancellation of patents erroneously issued; reconveyance § 896 Erroneous cancellation of bona fide entries corrected § 897 Patents to purchasers from railroads; purchase money § 898 Rights of purchasers from railroads of coterminous lands not within grants § 899 Limitation of quantity to be conveyed § 900 Suits to cancel patents to lands erroneously issued under railroad or wagon-road grants § 901 Claims of bona fide purchasers; establishment of rights § 902 Cancellation; investigation before suit § 903 Relief of settlers on lands granted in aid of wagon roads § 904 Forfeiture of unearned grants; restoration to public domain § 905 Homestead entries on forfeited lands § 906 Purchase by bona fide purchasers from grantees; removal of crops and improvements § 907 Rights of original grantees to forfeited lands § 908 Deposits by railroad companies for costs of surveying and conveying unsurveyed lands granted § 909 Forfeiture of grant on failure to make deposit § 910 Right to extend public surveys over lands granted, and other rights of United States, not affected § 911 Regulations § 912 Disposition of abandoned or forfeited railroad grants § 913 Conveyance by land grant railroads of portions of rights of way to State, county, or municipality § 914 Omitted