[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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\.
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] BILLING CODE 4310-HC-P