Chapter 212. To grant right of way over the public domain for pipe lines in the States of Colorado and Wyoming
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CHAP. 212.— An Act To grant right of way over the public domain for pipe lines in the States of Colorado and Wyoming.May 21, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the right of way through Public lands. Right of way for pipe lines in Colorado and Wyoming. the public lands of the United States situate in the State of Colorado and in the State of Wyoming outside of the boundary lines of the Yellowstone National Park is hereby granted to any pipe line company or corporation formed for the purpose of transporting oils, crude or refined, which shall have filed or may hereafter file with the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs of its organization under the same, to the extent of the ground occupied by said pipe line and twenty-five feet on each side of the center line of the Width. same; also the right to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of said pipe line material, earth, and stone necessary for the construction of said pipe line.
Sec. 2. That any company or corporation desiring to secure the benefits Applications. of this Act shall, within twelve months after the location of ten miles of the pipe line, if the same be upon surveyed lands and if the same be upon unsurveyed lands, within twelve months after the survey thereof by the United States, file with the register of the land office for the district where such land is located a map of its line, and upon the approval Approval. thereof by the Secretary of the Interior the same shall be noted upon the plats in said office, and thereafter all such lands over which such right of way shall pass shall be disposed of subject to such right of way.
Sec. 3. That if any section of said pipe line shall not be completed Completion. within five years after the location of said section the right herein granted shall be forfeited, as to any incomplete section of said pipe line, to the extent that the same is not completed at the date of the forfeiture. Sec. 4. That nothing in this Act shall authorize the use of such right Restriction. of way except for the pipe line, and then only so far as may be necessary for its construction, maintenance, and care.
Approved, May 21, 1896.