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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 887. Deposits for surveys of lands granted to railroads
When any railroad company claiming a grant of land under any Act
of Congress, desiring to secure the survey of any unsurveyed lands
within the limits of its grant, shall file an application therefor
in writing with such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may
designate, and deposit in a proper United States depository to the
credit of the United States a sum sufficient to pay for such survey
and for the examination thereof pursuant to law and the rules and
regulations of the Department of the Interior under the direction
of the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may
designate, it shall thereupon be the duty of the Secretary or such
officer, or the Director of the United States Geological Survey, as
the case may be, to cause said lands to be surveyed.
For any deposits made by any railroad company hereunder,
certificates shall be issued, which may be used by such railroad
company, its successors or assigns, to the same extent as cash is
now allowed in payment of entries of public lands under existing
law and regulations for any public lands of the United States in
the States where the surveys were made, or for any survey or office
fees due the United States from such railroad company on account of
surveys of lands within its grant. The Secretary of the Interior
shall provide such rules and regulations as may be necessary for
carrying out the foregoing provisions.
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