43 U.S.C. § 934 : US Code - Section 934: Right of way through public lands granted to railroads

Search 43 U.S.C. § 934 : US Code - Section 934: Right of way through public lands granted to railroads

The right of way through the public lands of the United States is
granted to any railroad company duly organized under the laws of
any State or Territory, except the District of Columbia, or by the
Congress of the United States, which shall have filed with the
Secretary of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation,
and due proofs of its organization under the same, to the extent of
one hundred feet on each side of the central line of said road;
also the right to take, from the public lands adjacent to the line
of said road, material, earth, stone, and timber necessary for the
construction of said railroad; also ground adjacent to such right
of way for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks,
turnouts, and water stations, not to exceed in amount twenty acres
for each station, to the extent of one station for each ten miles
of its road.