Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§889 Rights of Entrymen Whose Entries Had Not Been Admitted to Record
Title 43 › Chapter 21— GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS › § 889
Summary
Gives the same rights and limits already set elsewhere in the law to people who could claim land as a homestead or buy it first under preemption rules, who lived on and improved land given to a railroad for five years but whose claim papers were never officially recorded.
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Title 43, §889
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The privileges granted by section 888 of this title are extended (subject to the provisos, limitations, and restrictions thereof) to all persons entitled to the right of homestead or preemption under the laws of the United States, who have resided upon and improved for five years lands granted to any railroad company, but whose entries or filings have not for any cause been admitted to record.
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43 U.S.C. § 889
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60