16 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 30, 31. 1896. a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown PM¤<>· by said maps shall be valid as against said company: Promded, That C°”°tm°u°°' a map showing the entire line of the road in the Indian Territory shall be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior before the construction of the same shall be commenced. E¤¤r>1<>y¤·*¤ my 1**+ Sec. 9. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company "°° °” "gm °f '°y' necessary to the construction and management of said railroad shall be allowed to reside, while so engaged, upon such right of way, but subject to the provisions of the Indian intercourse laws and such rules and regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with said intercourse laws. 0¤¤¤¤r¤¤¤¤¤· Sec. 10. That said railway company shall build at least seventy-tive miles of its railway in said nation within three years after the passage of this Act, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not built; that said railway company shall construct and maintain continually all roads and highway crossings and necessary bridges over said railway wherever said roads and highways do now or may · hereafter cross said railway’s right of way or may be by the proper - authorities laid out across the same. <J•>¤<1i1=i¤¤¤f•¤¤¤1>¢- Sec. 11. That the said Arkansas and Choctaw Railway Company “"°°‘ shall accept this right of way upon the expres condition, binding upon itself, its successors and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist any effort looking toward the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Choctaw Indians in their land, and will not attempt to secure from the Choctaw Nation any further grant of land or its mmap. _ occupancy than is hereinbefore provided: Provided, That any violation V‘°”"'°""f°"““‘ of the condition mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railway company under this Act. Record of mort- Sec. 12. That all mortgages, deeds of trust, and other conveyances "“"°“‘ executed by said railway company, conveying any portion of its railroad, telegraph and telephone lines, with its franchises, that may be constructed in said Choctaw Nation shall be recorded in the Department of the_Interior, and the record thereof shall be evidence and notice of their execution and shall convey all rights and property of said company as therein expressed. A¤¤¢¤d¤¤¤¤*·¤*°· SEo. 13. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, alter, or _ _ repeal this Act. · w§g:g;;°,_§§Q,j‘j;°P“” Sec. 14. That the right of way herein and hereby granted shall not be assigned or transferred in any form whatever prior to the construction and completion of the road except as to mortgages or other liens that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof Received by the President, February 12, 1896. [Norm BY THE DEPARTMENT or S·ru·E.—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 the United States, has become a law without his approval.]
- "”"""*"P’ 2* *8*- CHAP. 31.-An Act Granting leave of absence for one year to homestead settlers
upon the Yankton Indian Reservation, in the State of South Dakota, and for other pI1I1IOB6B. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mg¤:kg_=; R¤¤¤¤¤- States of America in Congress assembled, That all settlers who made setnéniesmh meim tlement under the homestead laws upon lands in the Yankton Indian
‘°"° °‘ *** Reservation, in the State of South Dakota, during the year eighteen
hundred and ninety-five are hereby granted leave of absence from such - homestead for one year from and after the date of this Act, and that by such absence such homestead settler shall not lose nor forfeit any
t for time right whatever: Provided, That the settler shall not receive credit upon
im. abc peréod of actual residence required by law for the time he is absent erenn er.
