43 CFR § 2631.0-3 - Authority.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s2631.0-3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 2631.0-3 - Authority."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "2631.0-3"
section_name: "Authority."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2000)"
part_number: "2630"
part_name: "RAILROAD GRANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
cfr_part: "2630"
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# 2631.0-3 Authority.
Subsection (b) of section 321, Part II, Title III, of the Transportation Act of September 18, 1940 (54 Stat. 934; 49 U.S.C. 65), authorizes the issuance of patents for the benefit of certain innocent purchasers for value of land-grant lands from railroad carriers which have released their land-grant claims.
Notices of releases of land grant claims by railroad carriers listing the carriers, the date of the approval of the release and the land-grant predecessors involved dated Dec. 17, 1940, May 17, 1941, and June 29, 1942, appear at 6 FR 449, 2634, and 7 FR 5319.