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232 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. H. CHS. 215, 226. 1894. P"m?°· . maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That when a m§,Y,?“,E:l€,l°b°gl° °° map showing any portions of said railway company’s located line is B filed, as herein provided for,· said company shall commence grading said located line within six months thereafter, or such location shall be void as to any occupant thereof. _ _mmpi0,·m may is- Sno; 7. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company °“1° °° nghwf My` necessary to the construction, operation, and management of said ra_1l- way and telegraph and telephone lines shall be allowed to reside, while so engaged, upon the 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 such intercourse laws. ¤¤ig¤*i°¤· Sec. 8. That the United States circuit and district courts for the northern district of Texas, the western district of Arkansas, the district of Kansas, and such other courts as may be authorized by Congress, shall have, without reference to the amount in controversy, concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between the said Arkansas, Texas and Mexican Central Railway Company and the nations and tribes through whose territory such 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 extended within the limits of said Indian Territory, without distinction as to citizenship of the parties, so far as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. commencement and Sec. 9. That said railway company shall build at least one hundred °"‘"*"°“°“‘ miles of its railway in said Territory within three years after the passage of this Act, or this grant shall be forfeited as to that portion not built; that said railway company shall construct and maintain continually all road 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. . common ·»m»¤»pz— Sec. 10. That said Arkansas, Texas and Mexican Central Railway “‘°°’ Company shall accept this right of way upon express conditions, binding upon itself, its successors, and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist toward any effort looking to the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their lands, and will not attempt to secure from the Indians any further grant of land or its $;3g:?6n m MM, occupancy than herein provided: Provided, That any violation of the ` coinlitiong namad in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all the _ rig ts an privi cges of said railway compan under this Act. R°°°""’"*°"*‘“‘°°· Sec. 11. That all mortgages executed by sslid railway companv, con~ veying any portion of its railroad with its franchises that may be constructed in the Indian Territory, shall be recorded to 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 com- Ammdmmmc. pany as therein espressed. _ Sec. 12. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, or alter or repeal this Act: Approved, August 4, 1894. CHAP. 226.-An Act T · S Am 6. ia. an 1 m..»,-m.., in t%5’2§,‘Y°§E‘$3i§‘L‘;‘l2‘§§“f;'?.£?ic'??.?'?;.§¥?.Z'.’,H’.'2§°?" *°“' *“‘“‘ _ _ Bo it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re resentati · o ,_,Q‘°*"°*’ °*` C°l*¤¤· States of America in Congress assembled, Thagjthe Act dplprdr/{gd hézppgppiima ig; first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "An Act to reapproma §§1i‘€§2.€‘;t§’*£i’{r€°.‘i§»K"3.'.“§“(§‘“é"£§""€’*i?’*““'°J‘“{{‘L’§“*" ‘*’“’ ‘*““""°‘* ‘ ·· · ·· ,’ lll1G 'SI‘1'lu0u 3. V°l` m' °'m2‘ enacting clause, and in lieu thergof inserti 8 words after the