43 U.S.C. § 936 : US Code - Section 936: Condemnation of private land

Search 43 U.S.C. § 936 : US Code - Section 936: Condemnation of private land

The legislature of the proper Territory may provide for the
manner in which private lands and possessory claims on the public
lands of the United States may be condemned; and where such
provision shall not have been made, such condemnation may be made
in accordance with section 3 of the act entitled "An Act to amend
an Act entitled 'An Act to aid in the construction of a railroad
and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean,
and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal,
military, and other purposes, approved July 1, 1862,' " approved
July 2, 1864 [43 U.S.C. 942-3].