Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§941 Railroad Stations on Rights of Way Granted
Title 43 › CHAPTER 22 — RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS › § 941
Summary
Railroad companies that run tracks through U.S. Territories using a federal right-of-way grant must build and keep passenger stations and freight depots. These must be at or within one-fourth of a mile of the boundaries of town sites the Interior Department created before August 8, 1894, along their lines.
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Title 43, §941
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All railroad companies operating railroads through the Territories of the United States over a right of way obtained under any grant or Act of Congress giving to said railroad companies the right of way over the public lands of the United States shall be required to establish and maintain passenger stations and freight depots at or within one-fourth of a mile of the boundary limits of all town sites established prior to August 8, 1894, in said Territories on the line of said railroads by authority of the Interior Department.
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43 U.S.C. § 941
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102