43 U.S.C. § 2631: Unselected and unpatented…

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Odd-numbered sections inside the indemnity limits of the Oregon and California Railroad land grant, which were unselected and unpatented and for which the United States paid the railroad under the Act of June 9, 1916, and which were put inside national forests by Presidential proclamations dated June 17, 1892; September 28, 1893; October 5, 1906; January 25, 1907; March 1, 1907; and March 2, 1907, are treated as returned O&C grant lands. The Secretary of Agriculture must manage those lands as national-forest lands under the usual forest laws. Future revenues from them, and past revenues placed in a special deposit by agreement between the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, must be handled under section 2605. Money distributed before June 24, 1954 is not changed. None of these lands or their resources may be exchanged under any law.

Title 43, §2631

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Those unselected and unpatented odd-numbered sections within the indemnity limits of the Oregon and California Railroad land grant authorized by the Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239), as amended by the Act of April 10, 1869 (16 Stat. 47), and for which payment was made by the United States to such railroad or its successors in interest under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), pursuant to the decree in the case of United States against Oregon and California R. R. Co. (8 F. (2d) 645), which were included within the boundaries of national forests by proclamations of the President of the United States issued under the dates of June 17, 1892, September 28, 1893, October 5, 1906, January 25, 1907, March 1, 1907, and March 2, 1907, are declared to be revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands; and said lands shall continue to be administered as national-forest lands by the Secretary of Agriculture subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national forests: Provided, That all revenues hereafter derived from said lands and those revenues heretofore derived from such lands and placed in special deposit by agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of section 2605 of this title and said lands shall not hereafter be subject to the provisions of any other laws or parts of laws which otherwise prescribe the disposal or distribution of receipts from lands of the United States, except that none of the provisions of this subchapter shall affect revenues distributed prior to June 24, 1954. No part of said lands or the resources thereof shall be subject to exchange under the provisions of this or any other law applicable to national-forest lands or otherwise.

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July 25, 1866,

April 10, 1869, and

June 9, 1916, referred to in text, are acts

July 25, 1866, ch. 242, 14 Stat. 239, Apr. 10, 1869, ch. 27, 16 Stat. 47, and

June 9, 1916, ch. 137, 39 Stat. 218, respectively, which are not classified to the Code. This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act

June 24, 1954, ch. 357, 68 Stat. 270, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1181g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section constitutes subsec. (a) of section 1 of act

June 24, 1954. Subsec. (b) of section 1 amended section 2605(a) of this title.

§2631 Unselected and Unpatented Odd-numbered Sections as Revested Grant Lands; Administration as National-forest Lands; Revenues; Prohibition Against Disposition or Exchange

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Title 43, §2631

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