---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 910"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "910"
heading: "Right to extend public surveys over lands granted, and other rights of United States, not affected"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/910"
units:
  - "Chapter 21 — Grants in Aid of Railroads and Wagon Roads"
---

# §910. Right to extend public surveys over lands granted, and other rights of United States, not affected


Sections [908](/usc/43/908.md) to [911](/usc/43/911.md) of this title shall not affect the right of the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior to cause the public [surveys](/usc/43/31b.md?p=10) to be extended over any lands granted to any railroad or corporation by any Act of Congress in the manner on June 25, 1910, otherwise provided by law, nor shall any claim, right, interest, or demand of the Government of the United States be waived or annulled by the provisions thereof: Provided, That all granted lands surveyed under the provisions of said sections shall be subject to taxation by [States](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8), Territories, and municipal authorities, and the right of the Government to reimburse itself for the [survey](/usc/43/31b.md?p=10), selection, and conveyance of such lands otherwise provided by law shall remain in full force and effect.


## Source credit

(June 25, 1910, ch. 406, § 3, 36 Stat. 834.)