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 PUBLIC LAW 99-543—OCT. 27, 1986

100 STAT. 3040

Public Law 99-543 99th Congress ?ri

An Act

Oct. 27, 1986 [H.R. 2067]

To validate conveyances of certain lands in the State of California that form part of the right-of-way granted by the United States to the Central Pacific Railway Company.

Railroad Rightof-Way Conveyance Validation Act of 1985. Railroads. Individuals.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the 'Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Vahdation Act of 1985". SEC. 2. VALIDATION OF CONVEYANCES.

Except as provided in section 7, the conveyances described in section 3 (involving certain lands in San Joaquin County, State of California), section 4 (involving certain lands in Sacramento County, State of California), section 5 (involving certain land in Kings County, State of California), and section 6 (involving certain lands in Nevada County, State of California) concerning lands that form parts of the right-of-way granted by the United States to the Central Pacific Railway Company in the Act entitled "An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for Postal, Military, and Other Purposes", approved July 1, 1862 (12 Stat. 489), hereby are legalized, validated, and confirmed, as far as any interest of the United States in such lands is concerned, with the same force and effect as if the land involved in each such conveyance had been held, on the date of such conveyance, under absolute fee simple title by the grantor of such land. SEC. 3. CONVEYANCES OF LANDS IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

The conveyances of lands in San Joaquin County, State of California, referred to in section 2 are as follows: (1) the conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, grantor, and Harvey Davies and Mary E. Davies, grantees, on January 13, 1981, and recorded as instrument numbered 8113684 on March 6, 1981, in the official records of San Joaquin County, State of California; (2) the conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, grantor, and Gloria Martinez, Tina Marie Aldaco, and Yolanda Martinez, grantees, on January 13, 1981, and recorded as instrument numbered 81013685 on March 6, 1981, in the official records of San Joaquin County, State of California; (3) the conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, grantor, and Gregorio Estrada Blanco and Antonio Miranda Blanco, grantees, on January 13, 1981, and recorded as instrument numbered 81013686 on March 6,

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