Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§341 Power to Grant Rights-of-way Not Affected
Title 25 › CHAPTER 9 — ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS › § 341
Summary
Congress keeps the power to let railroads, roads, or telegraph lines cross land given to Indians and to take such land with fair payment.
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Title 25, §341
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Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect the right and power of Congress to grant the right of way through any lands granted to an Indian, or a tribe of Indians, for railroads or other highways, or telegraph lines, for the public use, or to condemn such lands to public uses, upon making just compensation.
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This act, referred to in text, is act Feb. 8, 1887, ch. 119, 24 Stat. 388, and is popularly known as the Indian General Allotment Act. For classification of this act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 331 of this title and Tables.
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25 U.S.C. § 341
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102