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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 110, 113, 117. 1894. 95 the same to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall forthwith, on receipt of said certificate, issue to the State of Mississippi patents for said lands: Provided, That the proceeds of said lands, when sold or rmnt. leased, shall be and forever remain a fund for the use of the University P’°°°°d*" of Mississippi. _ Approved, June 20, 1894. , CHAP. 113.·—An Act Granting the use of certain lands in the Hot Springs reser- June 21, 1894. vation, in the State of Arkansas, to the Barry Ho pital. www Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U nlted States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted Hot spring-, An. to the Barry Hospital of the city of Hot Springs, in the State of BL¤¤•i§ d·z¤;:,*¤•i *·<> Arkansas, a charity hospital duly organized and chartered under my °°'” ‘ the laws of the State of Arkansas, the right to occupy, improve, and - control, for the purpose of erecting thereon a hospital for the use and benefit of the poor, and for no other purpose whatever, any of the lots, pieces or parcels of land, situate in the county of Garland and State of Arkansas, now owned by the Government of the United States, to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, Said hospital shall not be located on the reservation which embraces the Hot Springs : ` Provided, That the United States reserves to itself the fee and the right Rism MMM- _ forever to resume possession and occupy any portion of said lands whenever in the judgment of the President the exigency arises that should require the use and appropriation of the same, or for such other disposition as Congress may determine. Approved, June 21, 1894. CHAP. 11’l.—A.n Act Granting to the Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Railway Com- June 27, 1se4. gany right of way through the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservations, in the ———--—————- tate of Nebraska. Be lt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted zumn Nebraska to the Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Railway Company, a corporation {,'{,"m,‘f;'}_’y’f,}}_’¤‘{g{ organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of right or wss. 0m»1·• Nebraska, and its assigns, the right of way for the construction of its ‘f,}‘§,,,w,{,'§,§.$,§{2,,'{,‘f proposed railroad through the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reserva- MM- tions, in said State. Such right of way shall be fifty feet in width on Widtheach side of the central line of said railroad, and said company shall also have the right to take from the lands adjacent to the line of said road material, stones, and earth necessary for the construction of said railroad; also grounds adjacent to such right of way for station build- S¤·¤<>¤··•¤=· ings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turn·outs, and water station, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand . feet in length for each station, to the extent of two stations within the limits of said reservations. Sec. 2. That before said railroad shall be constructed through any Dsmago•¤>i¤divi<i· land, claim, or improvement held by individual occupants, according “"" to any treaties or laws of the United States, compensation shall be made to such occupant or claimant for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of said railroad. In case of failure to make atisfactory settlement with any such claimant the just compensation shall be determined as provided for by the laws of the Status of Nebraska enacted for the settlement of like controversies in such cases. The amount of damage-resulting to the Omaha and mmqaamm. Winnebago tribes of Indians in their tribal capacity by reason of the construction of said railroad through such lands of the reservation as are not occupied in severalty shall be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, and sub- mszcrngq ef,;!:?; ject to his Hua} approval; but no right of any kind sball vest m sand wi.,,,, m, P"