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# §962. Right of way in Colorado and Wyoming to pipeline companies


The right of way through the [public lands](/usc/43/155.md?p=1) of the United States situate in the [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) of Colorado and in the [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) of Wyoming outside of the boundary lines of the Yellowstone National Park is granted to any pipe-line company or corporation formed for the purpose of transporting oils, crude or refined, which shall have filed or may hereafter file with the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs of its organization under the same, to the extent of the ground occupied by said pipe line and twenty-five feet on each side of the center line of the same; also the right to take from the [public lands](/usc/43/155.md?p=1) adjacent to the line of said pipe line, material, earth, and stone necessary for the construction of said pipe line.


# §963. Applications for Colorado and Wyoming pipeline right of way


Any company or corporation desiring to secure the benefits of [sections 962 to 965](/usc/43/962..965.md) of this title shall, within twelve months after the location of ten miles of the pipeline, if the same be upon surveyed lands and if the same be upon unsurveyed lands, within twelve months after the [survey](/usc/43/31b.md?p=10) thereof by the United States, file with the officer, as the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior may designate, of the land office for the [district](/usc/43/316a.md?p=2) where such land is located a map of its line, and upon the approval thereof by the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior the same shall be noted upon the plats in said office, and thereafter all such lands over which such right of way shall pass shall be disposed of subject to such right of way.


# §964. Limit of time for completion of Colorado and Wyoming pipelines; forfeiture


If any section of said pipe line shall not be completed within five years after the location of said section, the right granted in [sections 962 to 965](/usc/43/962..965.md) of this title shall be forfeited, as to any incomplete section of said pipe line, to the extent that the same is not completed at the date of the forfeiture.


# §965. Restriction on use of Colorado and Wyoming pipeline right of way


Nothing in [sections 962 to 965](/usc/43/962..965.md) of this title shall authorize the use of such right of way except for the pipe line, and then only so far as may be necessary for its construction, maintenance, and care.