§907 Rights of original grantees to forfeited lands

Summary

When land is taken back by the United States under sections 904–907, it must not be given to any State or to a company that received land from Congress, unless those sections specifically allow it. The rules also do not make a grant cover more land than it originally did or give rights to land that was excluded from the grant. If land given to a railroad for a main line and a branch line is forfeited under section 904 and the grant areas overlap, the forfeited portion cannot be transferred to benefit the line that was completed.