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468 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Gus. 145, 146. 1893. F°b"“'7 W 1*3- CHAP. 145.-An actto ratify and couiirm agreement between the Puyallup Indians ’1"_‘ andthe Northern Pacific Railroad Company for right of way through the Puyal- - lup Inditn Reservation. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P“Y*u“P I¤·¤·¤¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That the agreement dated N:n:l¤;¤__:¤;_¤t mvlégr November twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, made be- ,.,.4 g.,,,,'§’,,y° ,,5 tween J. W. Sprague, superintendent of the Pacific division of the M Northern Pacific Railroad Company, on behalf of said Company, and RJH. Milroy, then agent in charge of the Puyallup Indian Reservation, on behalf of the Indians occupying the same, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, under the terms of which mgmor ny. said Indians granted said railroad company right of way through said reservation for its Cascade Branch, which said agreement was asseuted to and approved by said Indians, as evidenced by a certain memorandum in writing, bearing date November twenty-third, eighteen and seventy-six, signed by the chiefs and headmen of the Puyallup tribe of Indians, also on file in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, which said last-mentioned agreement was approved by the Commissioner of Indian Aifairs December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and by the Secretary of the Interior April thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, be, and the same is hereby, ratified P¢¤¤*•¤- and approved. Provided, The said company, shall comply with allthe cum. terms and stipulations of said agreement, and maintain in proper condition all buildings, structures, and ways provided for therein. ¥¤¤°¤· Sec. 2. That there be, and is hereby, granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company a right of way not exceeding sixty feet in width through the Puyallup Indian Reservation, for a. spur one thousand three hundred and seventyeight feet in length from a. point on the Cascade branch of said railroad company now constructed through said reserva. tion to the western boundary thereof, according to the map thereof tiled by said railroad company in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Afairs June twenty-seventh eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, upon the following terms and conditions, viz: !’¤¤¤•- First. That said railroad company shall erect and maintain on either side of said right of way a good lawful fence so as to protect stock in the iields on either side thereofl wiim gm. Second. That said railroad company shall put in and keep in order a. water gate at the point where the wagon road now being used and maintained across said reservation will cross said spur when constructed, in order to allow the water to escape, and also to keep the salt water from coming in during high tide. G•¢¤•· M- Third. That said railroad company shall construct and maintain gates in its right of way, fences at the point where said wagon road crosses the right of way herein granted for said spur, and construct and maintain a wagon road crossing between said gates. ¥•!¤•¤*··- Fourth. That said railroad company shall pay the Indians for the right of way so taken for said spur such sum, not less than one thou— sand five hundred dollars per acre, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be right and proper; and that it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior, within thirty days after the approval of this act, to prescribe the time and msumer for the payment thereof. Approved, February 20, 1893. February 20.1893- CHAP. 146.-An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain plans and °""`"""" specifications for public buildings to be erected under the supervision of the Treasury Depurtmeiit, and ptoviding Ihr iwwai Supervision of the ¢·unst.1‘\ictiun ul the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R€Pl'P8€7lt(ltil`P8 1y' the Uuifml ruuuc bmimugs. Sm tes of America. in Congress assembled, That the Seerettiry of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized in his discretion to obtain