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126 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 744. 1886. as Congress may by law provide; and until such rate is fixed by law the Postmaster-General may fix the rate of compensation. ‘ Additional com- Sec. 5. That said railway company shall pay to the Secretary of the P°”°“*‘°¤*°*'*b°°· Interior, for the benefit of the particular nations or tribes through whose lands said line may be located, the sum of fifty dollars, in addition to compensation provided for in this act for property taken and damages done to individual occupants by the construction of the railway, for each mile of railway that it may construct in said Territory, said payi ments to be made in installments of Eve hundred dollars as each ten P¤‘°v*¤¤¤· _ miles of road is graded: Provided, That if the general council of either mg,°;;;1ai°$Q§:_ of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located rctary of Int,,,.;,,, shall, within four months after the filing of maps of definite location as as to allowance. set forth in section six of this act, dissent from the allowances provided ibr in this section, and shall certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, then all compensation to be paid to such dissenting nation or tribe under the provisions of this act shall be determined as provided in section three for the determination of the compensation to be paid to the individual occupant of lands, with the right of appeal to the courts upon the same terms, conditions, and requirements as therein provided: Aw¤rd to be i¤ Provided further, That the amount awarded or adjudged to be paid by §;;‘fo°u °f "°"‘P°”‘ sziidhrailway company {prtsaidldissenting njatirgn or gréiogshall lbcil in lieu ·' o c compensation t a said na ion or ri wou entitle to re- A¤¤¤¤1 rental- peive underltllie foregoing provision. Said company shall also pay, so ong as said erritory is owned and oooupied by the Indians, to the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of fifteen dollars per annum lor each mile of railway it shall construct in the said Territory. The money paid to the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this act shall be ‘ apportioned by him, in accordance with the laws and treaties now in force amongst the different nations and tribes, according to the number ` _ of miles of railway that may be constructed by said railway company _ Right of mn- through their lands: Provided, That Congress shall have the right, so “°" "°°"°d· loiig as said lands are occupied and possessed by said nations and tribes, to impose such additional taxes upon said railroad as it may deem Just proper for their benefit; and any Territory or State hereafter formed through which said railway shall have been established may exercise the like power as to such part of said railway as may lie within its lim1ts._ Said railway company shall have the right to survey and locate its railway immediately after the passage of this act. hiaps to be filed Sec. 6: That said company shall cause maps showing the route of its

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chief of each of the nations or tribes through whose lands saitlirailxyay may be located; and after the filing of said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown by 1·»·ot·:¤o. said maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That when com D to bc- a map showing any portion ot said railway c0mpany’s located line is gm ngginbg with filed as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said m Sigmomiis from located line within six months thereafter, or such location shall be void; mgng mw and said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in sielctiiogs of twentynve miles before construction of any such section s a e egun. - Employees o 1 - Sec. 7. That the officers, servants and employees of said company igghgloiewfigde ¤¤ necessary to the construction and management of said road shall he ‘ allowed to reside, while so engaged, upon such right of way, but subject to the provisions of the lndlan intercourse laws, and such rules and regrélations az mayl be established by the Secretary of the Interior in accor ance wit said intercourse laws. _J»¤risdictiq¤ of Sec. S. That the United States circuit and district courts for the ggfftiiggf district of Kansas and the western district of Arkansas, and such district of khan_ other courts as may be autl1or1zed by Congress, shall have, without S,. and amqo; of reference to the amount m controversy, concurrent jurisdiction over all 5::% m h¤g=¤· controversies arising between said Kansas City. Fort Scott and Gulf