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[CITE: 43USC895]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
         CHAPTER 21--GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS
 
Sec. 895. Cancellation of patents erroneously issued; 
        reconveyance
        
    If it shall appear, upon the completion of such adjustments, 
respectively, or sooner, that lands were, from any cause, prior to March 
3, 1887, erroneously certified or patented, by the United States, to or 
for the use or benefit of any company claiming by, through, or under 
grant from the United States, to aid in the construction of a railroad, 
it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to thereupon 
demand from such company a relinquishment or reconveyance to the United 
States of all such lands, whether within granted or indemnity limits; 
and if such company shall neglect or fail to so reconvey such lands to 
the United States within ninety days after the aforesaid demand shall 
have been made, it shall thereupon be the duty of the Attorney General 
to commence and prosecute in the proper courts the necessary proceedings 
to cancel all patents, certification, or other evidence of title prior 
to March 3, 1887, issued for such lands, and to restore the title 
thereof to the United States.

(Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 376, Sec. 2, 24 Stat. 556.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 897, 903, 906 of this title.
