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402 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 1;9, 130. 1887. Apportionmont. 2. That said appropriation shall be apportioned 3m0l1g H10 several States and Territories under the direction of the Seoretary of War, according to the number of Senators and Representatives to which each State respectively is entitled in the Congress of the United _ .States, and to the Territories and District of Columbia snch proportion P"””"°· _ and under such regulations as the President may prescribe: Provaded, 5****% h°‘C'.”.! however, That no State shall be entitled to tho benefits of the approg;°f;°;';]§':l€’§'l't’° priatiou apportioned to it; unless the number of its regularly enlisted, ’ '. organized, and uniformed active militia shall be at least one hundred mcu for each Senator and Representative to which such State is entitled in the Congress of the United States. And the amount of smd appropriation which is thus determined not to be available shall be covered back into the Treasury. S°9'°**“'Y°fW“ “Sec. 3. That the purchase or manufacture of arms, ordnance stores, 2‘}:;’°°°{’:'°h“'° quustermaste1·’s stores, and camp eqnipagc for the militia under the s'provisions of this act shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of War, as such arms, ordnance and quartermastcfs stores and camp equipagc are now manufactured or otherwise provided for the use of the Regular Army, and they shall be rcccipted for and shall remain tho property of the United States, and be annually accounted for by tho governors of the States and Territories, for which purpose the Secretary of War shall prescribe and supply tho necessary blanks and make such regulations as he may deem necessary to protect the interest of tho United States. U¤¤¤1‘vi¤¢¤N¤ *‘SEc. 4. That all arms, equipments, ordnance stores, or tents which “""“» °"°· may become unscrviccablo opunsuituble shall be examined by a board of officers of the militia., and its report shall be forwarded by tho govcrnor of the State or Territory direct to the Secretary of WVax·, who shall direct what disposition, by sale or otherwise, shall be made of them; and, if sold, the proceeds of such sale shall be covered into the Treasury _ of the United States." Received by the President, February 1, 1887. [Nona mr um DEPARTMENT or STATE. - The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of tho. United States, has become a law without his approval.] Feb. 15, 1887. CHAP. 130.-An act granting to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Rail- -——-—————-—-—· way Company the right of way through the Indian reservations in Northern Montana and Northwestern Dnkotu. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House n R esentatires 0 the United Sah? P¤rg,;:i¤· States of Americajn Congress aasembled, Cglxatcgia right of xvg is hereby f,‘fQ*{)°u‘“,Q‘; ,1 w’;“)j grouped, as hereinafter ses torch, to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and company granted Manitoba Ra1lwayCompauy,a corporation organized and existing under right of way the laws of the State of Minnesota, for the extension of its railroad groggh {'¤¤;lB¤;· through the lands in Northwestern Dakota set apart for the use of the M; lu':,';;!`] R:;; Ariekanee, Gros Yentre, and Msmdan Indians by executive order dated ,,mm,,,_ July thu-teenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, commonly known as the Fort Bertllold Indian Reservation, and through the lands in Northern Montana, set apart for the use of the Gros Veutre, Piegan, Blood, Blackfeet, and other Indians by act of Congress approved April fifteentb eighteen hundred and soventyfonr, and commonly known as the Black: feet Indian Reservation. Location. Sec. 2. That the line of said railroad shall extend hom Minot the present terminus of said Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba hailxyay, across said Ifort Bertbold Reservation, north of the townsbip~ Imc betweentownsbips numbered one hundred and fifty-three and one