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[CITE: 43USC891]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
         CHAPTER 21--GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS
 
Sec. 891. Abandoned railroad lands; reentry

    When at the time of such withdrawal as aforesaid, valid preemption 
or homestead claims existed upon any lands within the limits of any such 
grants which afterward were abandoned, and, under the decisions and 
rulings of the Land Department, were reentered by preemption or 
homestead claimants who have complied with the laws governing preemption 
or homestead entries, and shall make the proper proofs required under 
such laws, such entries shall be deemed valid, and patents shall issue 
therefor to the person entitled thereto.

(Apr. 21, 1876, ch. 72, Sec. 2, 19 Stat. 35.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies 
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of 
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out 
under section 1451 of this title.
