§93 Grant of Prior Lands to Northern Pacific Railroad; Lieu Lands to Settlers

Summary

When the Northern Pacific Railroad Company signs and files with the Secretary of the Interior a deed giving back the lands in Mount Rainier National Park and the lands in the Pacific National Forest that were earlier granted to it — whether those lands were surveyed or not and that lie next to the railroad it built — the company may pick the same amount of public nonmineral land as a replacement. The replacement land must be classified nonmineral when the government surveys it, must not be reserved, and must have no adverse claim started when the selection is made. The replacement may be in any State the railroad goes into or through. People living on the park lands may give up their rights there and choose other public land instead, under the same limits and rules that apply for exchanges in national forests and parks.