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[CITE: 43USC944]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
      CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
 
Sec. 944. Right of way in Oklahoma and Arizona

    Where, under sections 934 to 939 of this title, or under special 
Acts of Congress, or under the laws of the former Territories of 
Oklahoma and Arizona, railroads have been constructed and were on June 
26, 1906, in operation in Oklahoma or Arizona which passed through any 
of the lands theretofore reserved for said Territories, such lands shall 
be disposed of subject to such railroad right or easement, but only to 
the extent of the right of way conferred by the said sections for such 
railroad purposes.

(June 26, 1906, ch. 3548, 34 Stat. 481.)

                            Repeal of Section

        Section repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 706(a), Oct. 
    21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, 
    insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, 
    under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest 
    System.


                            Savings Provision

    Repeal by Pub. L. 94-579 insofar as applicable to the issuance of 
rights-of-way not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, 
permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. 
L. 94-579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
