[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\.


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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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