25 USC § 341 - Power to grant rights-of-way not affected

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s341"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 341 - Power to grant rights-of-way not affected"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "341"
section_name: "Power to grant rights-of-way not affected"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 8, 1887, ch. 119, § 10, 24 Stat. 391.)"
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# § 341. Power to grant rights-of-way not affected

Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect the right and power of Congress to grant the right of way through any lands granted to an Indian, or a tribe of Indians, for railroads or other highways, or telegraph lines, for the public use, or to condemn such lands to public uses, upon making just compensation.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 8, 1887, ch. 119, § 10, 24 Stat. 391.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This act, referred to in text, is , , and is popularly known as the Indian General Allotment Act. For classification of this act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.