43 USC § 885 - Union Pacific Railroad lands

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s885"
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title: "43 USC § 885 - Union Pacific Railroad lands"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "885"
section_name: "Union Pacific Railroad lands"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 10, 1886, ch. 764, § 4, 24 Stat. 143.)"
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# § 885. Union Pacific Railroad lands

section 883 of this titleJuly 2, 1864July 10, 1886

The costs of surveying, selecting, and conveying lands granted to the Union Pacific Railroad Company shall become due and payable at and on the demand therefor made by the Secretary of the Interior as provided in , and nothing in sections 882 to 885 of this title shall be construed or taken in any wise to affect or impair the right of Congress at any time further to alter, amend, or repeal the Act of , chapter 216, as in the opinion of Congress, justice or the public welfare may require, or to impair or waive any right or remedy in the premises existing on , in favor of the United States. Sections 882 to 885 of this title shall be subject to alteration, amendment, or repeal.

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**Source Credit**: (July 10, 1886, ch. 764, § 4, 24 Stat. 143.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of , referred to in text, is , , which enacted  and first paragraph of former , Railroads. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.