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38 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 13. 1888. foreach mile of railway it shaH construct in the said Territory. The money paid to the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of

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and treaties now in force, between the United States said nations and tribes, according to the number of miles of railway that may be constructed by said railway company through their ands: ¤s¤¤>*¤¤=¤¤¤¤=¤- Provided, That Congress shall have the right, so long as said lands are occupied and possessed by said nations and tribes, to 1mpose such additional taxes upon said railroad as it may deem just and proper for their benefit; and an Territory or State hereafter formed, through which said railway shall have been established, may exercise the li e wer as to such part of said railway as may lie within its hmits. Szid railway company shall have the right to survey and locate 1ts railway immediately after the pgssage 0 this act. ¤¤1¤*¤¤¤¤I<:;·§¢¤ Sec. 6. That said company s ll cause maps showing the route of QTE °f “°' its located lines through said Territory to be filed in the office of the Secreta of the Interior, and also to be filed in the office of the principH chief of each of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located; and after the filing o said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown by said maps shall be valid as against said company: HMM Provided, That when a map showing any portion of said railway comlpanfs located line is filed as herein provided for, said comtpany ','Q£’§x8¤§.?¤t*{,;·‘f*“ sha commence grading said located line within six months ereafter, or such location shall be void; and said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in sections of twenty-five mges befo'§•i1c¢iinp1trui<;.ion of any spsch selctionlshall be? ¤¤n*v¤¤¤ www mc. 7. a the 0 cers, servan , an employees 0 said com an $.,°?°°° °° we °£ necessary to the construction and management of said road shalll bb allowed to reside, while so engaged, upon such right of wa , but subject to the provisions of the ndian intercourse laws, and, such rules and regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with said intercoiuse laws. h;¥¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤¤¢¤¤¤r¤ Sec. 8. That the United States circuit and district courts for the mgm""' western district of Arkansas and the northern district of Texas, and such other courts as maybe authorized by Congress, shall have, without reference to the amount in controversy, concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between said Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, and the nations and tribes through whose territory saic railway shall be constructed. Said courts shall have like jurisdiction, without reference to the amount in controversy, over all controversies arising between the inhabitants of said nations or tribes and said railway company; and the civil jurisdiction of said courts is hereby exten ed within the limits of said Indian Territory, without distinction as to citizenship of plarties, so far as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. M0: {Tg? give; Sec. 9. That said railway company shall build at least one hundred ,..,.,._ miles of its railway in said Territory within three ears after the pass¥e of this act, and complete the main line of the same within said erritory within one year thereafter, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not built· that said railroad company shall construct and maintain continually all road and hi hwa www crossings and necessary bridges over said railway wherever roadg and highways do now or may hereafter cross said railway’s right of _ wav, or meme by the prxr authorities laid out acrcms the same. __§*”¤¤¤°f www- Sec. 10. t the said octaw Coal and Railway Com any shall accept this right of way upon the express condition, binding upon itse . its successors and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist in any eifort lookingntowards the changing or extinguish- ' ing the present tenure of the dians in their land, and will not attempt to secure from the Indian nations an further grant of land, -*"°°‘•°- or its occupancy, than is hereinbefore provided: Provided, That any