43 USC § 889 - Rights of entrymen whose entries had not been admitted to record

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s889"
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title: "43 USC § 889 - Rights of entrymen whose entries had not been admitted to record"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "889"
section_name: "Rights of entrymen whose entries had not been admitted to record"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 29, 1890, ch. 819, 26 Stat. 369.)"
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# § 889. Rights of entrymen whose entries had not been admitted to record

section 888 of this title

The privileges granted by  are extended (subject to the provisos, limitations, and restrictions thereof) to all persons entitled to the right of homestead or preemption under the laws of the United States, who have resided upon and improved for five years lands granted to any railroad company, but whose entries or filings have not for any cause been admitted to record.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 29, 1890, ch. 819, 26 Stat. 369.)