43 U.S.C. § 937 : US Code - Section 937: Filing profile of road; forfeiture of rights

Search 43 U.S.C. § 937 : US Code - Section 937: Filing profile of road; forfeiture of rights

Any railroad company desiring to secure the benefits of sections
934 to 939 of this title, shall, within twelve months after the
location of any section of twenty miles of its road, if the same be
upon surveyed lands, and, if upon unsurveyed lands, within twelve
months after the survey thereof by the United States, file with the
officer, as the Secretary of the Interior may designate, of the
land office for the district where such land is located a profile
of its road; and upon approval thereof by the Secretary of the
Interior the same shall be noted upon the plats in said office; and
thereafter all such lands over which such right of way shall pass
shall be disposed of subject to such right of way: Provided, That
if any section of said road shall not be completed within five
years after the location of said section, the rights herein granted
shall be forfeited as to any such uncompleted section of said road.