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43 U.S.C. § 2631 — Unselected and unpatented odd-numbered sections as revested grant lands; administration as national-forest lands; revenues; prohibition against disposition or exchange
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Those unselected and unpatented odd-numbered sections within the indemnity limits of the Oregon and California Railroad land grant authorized by the Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239), as amended by the Act of April 10, 1869 (16 Stat. 47), and for which payment was made by the United States to such railroad or its successors in interest under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), pursuant to the decree in the case of United States against Oregon and California R. R. Co. (8 F. (2d) 645), which were included within the boundaries of national forests by proclamations of the President of the United States issued under the dates of June 17, 1892, September 28, 1893, October 5, 1906, January 25, 1907, March 1, 1907, and March 2, 1907, are declared to be revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands; and said lands shall continue to be administered as national-forest lands by the Secretary of Agriculture subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national forests: Provided, That all revenues hereafter derived from said lands and those revenues heretofore derived from such lands and placed in special deposit by agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of [section 2605 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section2605&num=0&edition=prelim) and said lands shall not hereafter be subject to the provisions of any other laws or parts of laws which otherwise prescribe the disposal or distribution of receipts from lands of the United States, except that none of the provisions of this subchapter shall affect revenues distributed prior to June 24, 1954. No part of said lands or the resources thereof shall be subject to ex
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Those unselected and unpatented odd-numbered sections within the indemnity limits of the Oregon and California Railroad land grant authorized by the Act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. 239), as amended by the Act of April 10, 1869 (16 Stat. 47), and for which payment was made by the United States to such railroad or its successors in interest under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), pursuant to the decree in the case of United States against Oregon and California R. R. Co. (8 F. (2d) 645), which were included within the boundaries of national forests by proclamations of the President of the United States issued under the dates of June 17, 1892, September 28, 1893, October 5, 1906, January 25, 1907, March 1, 1907, and March 2, 1907, are declared to be revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands; and said lands shall continue to be administered as national-forest lands by the Secretary of Agriculture subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national forests: Provided, That all revenues hereafter derived from said lands and those revenues heretofore derived from such lands and placed in special deposit by agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of [section 2605 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section2605&num=0&edition=prelim) and said lands shall not hereafter be subject to the provisions of any other laws or parts of laws which otherwise prescribe the disposal or distribution of receipts from lands of the United States, except that none of the provisions of this subchapter shall affect revenues distributed prior to June 24, 1954. No part of said lands or the resources thereof shall be subject to exchange under the provisions of this or any other law applicable to national-forest lands or otherwise.
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On and after March 1, 1938, all moneys deposited in the Treasury of the United States in the special fund designated the “Oregon and California land-grant fund” shall be distributed annually as follows:
**(a)** Fifty per centum to the counties in which the lands revested under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), are situated, to be payable on or after June 30, 1938, and each year thereafter to each of said counties in the proportion that the total assessed value of the Oregon and California grant lands in each of said counties for the year 1915 bears to the total assessed value of all of said lands in the State of Oregon for said year, such moneys to be used as other county funds: Provided, however, That for the purposes of this subsection the portion of the said revested Oregon and California railroad grant lands in each of said counties which was not assessed for the year 1915 shall be deemed to have been assessed at the average assessed value of the grant lands in said county.
**(b)** Twenty-five per centum to said counties as money in lieu of taxes accrued or which shall accrue to them prior to March 1, 1938, under the provisions of the Act of July 13, 1926 (44 Stat. 915), and which taxes are unpaid on said date, such moneys to be paid to said counties severally by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, upon certification by the Secretary of the Interior, until such tax indebtedness as shall have accrued prior to March 1, 1938, is extinguished.From and after payment of the above accrued taxes said 25 per centum shall be accredited annually to the general fund in the Treasury of the United States until all reimbursable charges against the Oregon and California land-grant fund owing to the general fund in the Treasury have been paid: Provided, That
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 1181g was editorially reclassified as [section 2631 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section2631&num=0&edition=prelim).
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For the purpose of consolidating and thereby facilitating administration and accounting the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to designate in the several counties in which the lands described in [section 2631 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section2631&num=0&edition=prelim) are situated (such designation to be published in the Federal Register), an area of national-forest land of a value substantially equal to the value of the lands in such county from which all revenues shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874), and upon such designation the provisions of that Act shall be applicable to the lands so designated in lieu of the lands described in [section 2631 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section2631&num=0&edition=prelim): Provided, however, That such designation shall not become effective until approved by the county court of the county in which the lands are located.
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 2624
per centum not required for payments to the
counties shall be covered into the general fund
of the Treasury of the United States.
(May 24, 1939, ch. 144, § 3, 53 Stat. 754.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 1181f–3 of
this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum-
bering as this section.
§ 2624. Amount available for administration of
Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands under
subchapter I; covering of unused receipts
into general fund of Treasury
Not to exceed 25 per centum of the annual re-
ceipts shall be available, in such amounts as the
Congress shall from time to time appropriate for
the administration of subchapter I, insofar as
such sections apply to the Coos Bay Wagon Road
grant lands. Any balance not used for adminis-
trative purposes shall be covered into the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury of the United States.
(May 24, 1939, ch. 144, § 4, 53 Stat. 754.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Subchapter I, referred to in text, was in the original
a reference to act Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, 50 Stat. 874,
which is classified principally to subchapter I (§ 2601 et
seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 1181f–4 of
this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum-
bering as this section.
SUBCHAPTER III—ADMINISTRATIVE
JURISDICTION
§ 2631. Unselected and unpatented odd-numbered
sections as revested grant lands; administra-
tion as national-forest lands; revenues; prohi-
bition against disposition or exchange
Those unselected and unpatented odd-num-
bered sections within the indemnity limits of
the Oregon and California Railroad land grant
authorized
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