Chapter 155. To grant right of way over the public domain in the State of Arkansas for oil or gas pipe lines
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CHAP. 155.— An Act To grant right of way over the public domain in the State of Arkansas for oil or gas pipe lines. April 12, 1910.[[S. 3544](/us/bill/61/s/3544).][[Public, No. 129](/us/pl/61/129).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public lands.Pipe lines granted right of way through, in Arkansas. That a right of way through the public lands of the United States in the State of Arkansas is hereby granted for pipe-line purposes to any citizen of the United States or any company or corporation authorized by its charter to transport oil, crude or relined, or natural gas which shall have filed or may hereafter file with the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proof of organization under the same, to the extent of the ground occupied by the said pipe line and ten feet on each side of the center line of same.
Sec. 2. Applications. That any citizen of the United States, company, or corporation desiring to secure the benefits of this Act shall within twelve months after the location of ten miles of the pipe line, if the same be upon surveyed land, 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 lines, and upon the approval thereof by the Secretary of the Interior, the same shall be noted upon the plats in said office, and thereafter all such land over which such line shall pass shall be disposed of subject to such right of way.
Sec. 3. Use restricted. That nothing in this Act shall authorize the use of such right of way except for the pipe line, and then only so far as may be necessary for its construction, maintenance, and care. Sec. 4. Forfeiture for nonuser, etc. That if any section of said pipe line shall not be completed within one year after the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of said section, or if any section of said pipe line shall be abandoned or shall not be used for a period of two years, the right of way herein granted as to any uncompleted, abandoned or unused section of said pipe line shall be forfeited to the extent that the same is not completed or is abandoned or unused at the date of the forfeiture, without further action or declaration on the part of the Government or any proceedings or judgment of any court.
Sec. 5. Forfeiture for violation of antitrust law.Vol. 26, p. 209. That if any citizen, company, or corporation taking advantage of the benefits of this Act, shall violate the Act of July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies” (commonly known as the Sherman antitrust act), or any amendment thereof, the right of way herein granted shall be forfeited without further action or declaration on the part of the Government or any proceedings or judgment of any court.
Approved, April 12, 1910.