Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§899 Limitation of Quantity to Be Conveyed
Title 43 › Chapter 21— GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS › § 899
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must not allow a State, company, or person to get any more land for the benefit of those companies if giving it would give them more land than they are rightfully entitled to.
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Title 43, §899
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No more lands shall be certified or conveyed to any State or to any corporation or individual, for the benefit of either of the companies herein mentioned, where it shall appear to the Secretary of the Interior that such transfers may create an excess over the quantity of lands to which such State, corporation, or individual would be rightfully entitled.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 899
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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