25 U.S.C. § 315 — Time for completion of road; forfeiture

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A railroad company loses its right of way if it fails to build fast enough. It must finish one-tenth of its line within one year. The company must finish the whole road within three years, or lose the unbuilt part.

If a railroad company doesn't build and start operating one-tenth of its entire line within one year, it forfeits its right of way. The same happens if the company doesn't finish its whole road within three years after the Secretary of the Interior approves its map of location. In either case, the right of way is automatically forfeited and abandoned, but only for the part of the road that was never built and put into operation. However, if part of the road has already been built, the Secretary may extend the deadline to finish the rest — but never by more than two years.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

If any such company shall fail to construct and put in operation one-tenth of its entire line in one year, or to complete its road within three years after the approval of its map of location by the Secretary of the Interior, the right of way granted shall be deemed forfeited and abandoned ipso facto as to that portion of the road not then constructed and in operation: Provided, That the Secretary may, when he deems proper, extend, for a period not exceeding two years, the time for the completion of any road for which right of way has been granted and a part of which shall have been built.

Source credit: (Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 374, § 4, 30 Stat. 991.)

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1899Enacted · Act of Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 374 · 30 Stat. 991

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