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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 907. Rights of original grantees to forfeited lands
No lands declared forfeited to the United States by sections 904
to 907 of this title shall by reason of such forfeiture inure to
the benefit of any State or corporation to which lands may have
been granted by Congress, except as therein otherwise provided; nor
shall said sections be construed to enlarge the area of land
originally covered by any such grant, or to confer any right upon
any State, corporation, or person to lands which were excepted from
such grant. Nor shall the moiety of the lands granted to any
railroad company on account of a main and a branch line
appertaining to uncompleted road, and forfeited by section 904 of
this title, within the conflicting limits of the grants for such
main and branch lines, when but one of such lines has been
completed, inure by virtue of the forfeiture declared to the
benefit of the completed line.
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