[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69301-69302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33254]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-915-5700-00; N-62891]
Application for Recordable Disclaimer of Interest; Nevada
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States of America, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 315 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1745), proposes to disclaim all interest in the following
described land to Horace Countryman, nunc pro tunc, the owner of
record: a tract of land which is located within 200 feet of each side
of the centerline of the Central Pacific Railroad Company track as it
was established over and across; T. 19 N., R. 19 E., M.D.M., Nevada,
sec. 10, Lot 1 in the SE\1/4\; sec. 11, Lots 4, 5, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
[[Page 69302]]
DATES: Comments or objections should be received on or before March 16,
1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments or objections should be sent to the Nevada State
Director, BLM, 1340 Financial Blvd., P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada
89520.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State
Office, 775-861-6532.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 2 of the Act of July 1,
1862, 12 Statute 489, as amended (the Act), the Central Pacific
Railroad Company, as succeeded in interest by the Southern Pacific
Transportation Company, received a grant of a right-of-way 400 feet in
width over and across public land for construction of a
transcontinental railroad. By the terms of the Act, the right-of-way
attached to the land upon notification to the General Land Office at
the time the line of the railroad was definitely fixed on the ground.
Patent to the subject land was issued to Mr. Horace Countryman in 1865
prior to notification by the Central Pacific Railroad Company that the
line of the railroad was definitely fixed on the ground. Further, Mr.
Countryman's settlement on the subject land originated prior to passage
of the Act, and the patent, upon issuance, related back to the date of
his settlement. Therefore, the 400-foot right-of-way granted to Central
Pacific Railroad Company by the Act did not become an encumbrance on
the title to the subject land.
The Bureau of Land Management has determined that the United States
has no claim to or interest in the land described and issuance of the
proposed recordable disclaimer of interest would remove a cloud on the
title to the land. Also, see FR Doc. 98-318, 63 FR 1121-1122, January
8, 1998.
Authority: 43 CFR Part 1864.
Dated: December 10, 1998.
Michael R. Ford,
Deputy State Director, Natural Resources, Lands and Planning.
[FR Doc. 98-33254 Filed 12-15-98; 8:45 am]
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