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Code · U.S. Code · Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS · CHAPTER 44— OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD AND COOS BAY WAGON ROAD GRANT LANDS · SUBCHAPTER III— ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION · § 2631

§ 2631. Unselected and unpatented odd-numbered sections as revested grant lands; administration as national-forest lands; revenues; prohibition against disposition or exchange

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Those unselected and unpatented odd-numbered sections within the indemnity limits of the Oregon and California Railroad land grant authorized by the Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239), as amended by the Act of April 10, 1869 (16 Stat. 47), and for which payment was made by the United States to such railroad or its successors in interest under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), pursuant to the decree in the case of United States against Oregon and California R. R. Co. (8 F.
(2d)645), which were included within the boundaries of national forests by proclamations of the President of the United States issued under the dates of June 17, 1892, September 28, 1893, October 5, 1906, January 25, 1907, March 1, 1907, and March 2, 1907, are declared to be revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands; and said lands shall continue to be administered as national-forest lands by the Secretary of Agriculture subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national forests: Provided, That all revenues hereafter derived from said lands and those revenues heretofore derived from such lands and placed in special deposit by agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of section 2605 of this title and said lands shall not hereafter be subject to the provisions of any other laws or parts of laws which otherwise prescribe the disposal or distribution of receipts from lands of the United States, except that none of the provisions of this subchapter shall affect revenues distributed prior to June 24, 1954. No part of said lands or the resources thereof shall be subject to exchange under the provisions of this or any other law applicable to national-forest lands or otherwise.
(June 24, 1954, ch. 357, § 1(a), 68 Stat. 270.)
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  • 14 Stat. 239
  • 16 Stat. 47
  • 39 Stat. 218
  • June 24, 1954, ch. 357, § 1(a)
  • 68 Stat. 270
  • July 25, 1866, ch. 242
  • Apr. 10, 1869, ch. 27
  • June 9, 1916, ch. 137
  • act June 24, 1954, ch. 357
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§ 2631
Unselected and unpatented odd-numbered sections as revested grant lands; administration as national-forest lands; revenues; prohibition against disposition or exchange
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U.S.C.×3
Stat.14 Stat. 239
Stat.16 Stat. 47
Stat.39 Stat. 218
ActJune 24, 1954, ch. 357, § 1(a)
Stat.68 Stat. 270
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