Chapter 191. To declare and enforce the forfeiture provided by section four of the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- five, entitled “An Act granting to railroads the right of way through the public lands of the United States.” February 25, 1909.[[H
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CHAP. 191.— An Act To declare and enforce the forfeiture provided by section four of the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- five, entitled “An Act granting to railroads the right of way through the public lands of the United States.” February 25, 1909.[[H.R. 24833](/us/bill/70/hr/24833).][[Public, No. 260.](/us/pl/70/260)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That each and every grant ofPublic lands.Forfeiture of certain railroad rights of way, etc., through.Vol. 18, p. 483. right of way and station grounds heretofore made to any railroad corporation under the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled “An Act granting to railroads the right of way through the public lands of the United States,” where such railroad has not been constructed and the period of five years next following the location of said road, or any section thereof, has now expired, shall be, and hereby is, declared forfeited to the United States, to the extent of any portion of such located line now remaining unconstructed, and the United States hereby resumes the full title to the lands covered thereby free and discharged from such easement, and the forfeiture hereby declared shall, without need of further assurance or conveyance, inure to the benefit of any owner or ownersPrior rights restored. of land heretofore conveyed by the United States subject to any such grant of right of way or station grounds: *Provided*, That no right of*Proviso.*Exception. way on which construction is progressing in good faith at the time of the passage of this Act shall be in any wise affected, validated or invalidated, by the provisions of this Act.
Approved, February 25, 1909.