43 U.S.C. § 892 — Entries after expiration of grant

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Certain homestead and preemption claims made with Land Department permission after a railroad grant expired are treated as valid. If the claimant follows the land laws and supplies the required proof, the claimant is entitled to a patent.

Preemption and homestead entries made with Land Department permission or under its rules inside a railroad land grant after the grant expired are valid. The holder is entitled to a patent after complying with the public-land laws and providing the required proof.

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All such preemption and homestead entries which may have been made by permission of the Land Department, or in pursuance of the rules and instructions thereof, within the limits of any land grant at a time subsequent to expiration of such grant, shall be deemed valid, and a compliance with the laws and the making of the proof required shall entitle the holder of such claim to a patent therefor.

Source credit: (Apr. 21, 1876, ch. 72, § 3, 19 Stat. 36.)

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1876Enacted · Act of Apr. 21, 1876, ch. 72 · 19 Stat. 36

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