[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR2566.0-3]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 2560_ALASKA OCCUPANCY AND USE--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart 2566_Alaska Railroad Townsites

 

Sec.  2566.0-3  Authority.



    Source: 35 FR 9603, June 13, 1970, unless otherwise noted.





    It is hereby ordered that the administration of that portion of the 

Act of March 12, 1914 (38 Stat. 305; 43 U.S.C. 975, 975a-975g) relating 

to the withdrawal, location and disposition of townsites shall be in 

accordance with the following regulations and provisions.

    (a) Orders revoked. All Executive orders heretofore issued for the 

disposition of townsites along the Government railroads in Alaska are 

hereby revoked so far as they conflict with Sec.  Sec.  2566.1 and 

2566.2. This order is intended to take the place of all other orders 

making provisions for the sale and disposal of lots in said townsites 

along Government railroads in Alaska under the provisions of said Act.

    (b) Amendments--(1) Executive Orders 3529 and 5136. Sections 2566.1 

and 2566.2 are amended by E.O. 3529, Aug. 9, 1921 and E.O. 5136, June 

12, 1929.

    (2) The designation of the Alaskan Engineering Commission has been 

changed to The Alaska Railroad. All matters which formerly were under 

the control of the chairman of said commission now are under the 

supervision of the general manager of the said railroad. The functions 

formerly exercised by the Commissioner of the General Land Office have 

been transferred to the Director, Bureau of Land Management.

    (3) Due to the change in organization, plats of Alaska Railroad 

townsites are



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not approved by an official of the Alaska Railroad.

    (4) The State Director in Alaska has been designated as 

Superintendent of Sales of Alaska Railroad townsites.

    (c) Executive Order 5136. (1) It is ordered that Executive Order 

3489, issued June 10, 1921, containing the Alaska Railroad Townsite 

Regulations, is hereby amended to authorize the Secretary of the 

Interior to reappraise and sell the unimproved lots in Nenana Townsite, 

Alaska, belonging to the United States, and to readjust the assessments 

levied against them for the improvement of streets, sidewalks, and 

alleys, and for the promotion of sanitation and fire protection by the 

Alaska Railroad prior to August 31, 1921.

    (2) As to the lots within said townsite which have been forfeited 

for failure to pay such assessments, upon which valuable improvements 

have been placed, the provisions of said order regarding the collection 

of the unpaid assessments remain effective.

    (3) This order shall continue in full force and effect unless and 

until revoked by the President or by Act of Congress.



(Sec.  24, 26 Stat. 1103; as amended, Sec.   1, 36 Stat. 347; Sec.   1, 38 

Stat. 305; Sec.   11, 39 Stat. 865; 16 U.S.C. 471, 43 U.S.C. 141, 43 

U.S.C. 975f, 43 U.S.C. 301)