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# 16 U.S.C. § 42 - Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. 1028

## Notes

Section, act July 1, 1916, ch. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. 308, related to donations of lands or rights-of-way.