Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§315 Time for completion of road; forfeiture
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 8— - RIGHTS-OF-WAY THROUGH INDIAN LANDS › § 315
Summary
Companies must build at least one-tenth of their line in one year and finish the road within three years after the Secretary approves the map. If they don’t, the right-of-way for the unbuilt part is lost automatically, but the Secretary may extend the time up to two years for roads already partly built.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §315
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If any such company shall fail to construct and put in operation one-tenth of its entire line in one year, or to complete its road within three years after the approval of its map of location by the Secretary of the Interior, the right of way granted shall be deemed forfeited and abandoned ipso facto as to that portion of the road not then constructed and in operation: Provided, That the Secretary may, when he deems proper, extend, for a period not exceeding two years, the time for the completion of any road for which right of way has been granted and a part of which shall have been built.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 315
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73