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78 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 76, 77. 1896. Qmm Indian Territory: frovided, That such right of way shall fifty feet swam. in width on each side of the central line of the road. Said company shall also have the right to take and use for station purposes a strip of land one hundred feet in width by a length of two thousand feet in addition to right of way to an extent not to exceed one station for each ten miles of road constructed within the limits of said reservations: Cmmpnwnmtmi Provided further, That work shall be commenced on such construction °°""]'"""‘ within a reasonable time hom the approval of this Act, and completed so as to have trains running to the town of Miami within twelve months from said date. - ¤•·¤¤¤¤¢¤fI¤•1i•¤•- Sto. 2. That before aid company shall enter the territory of any nation or tribe of Indians for the purpose of constructing its line of railroad and telegraph it shall have the written consent of the general council of such tribe thereto, which shall be filed with the Secretary of the Interior. bmw ¤¤¤ •l· Sec. 3. That said company shall have authority to acquire a right of way for its line of railroad and telegraph from individual allottees upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the parties, and in cases where the line of said railroad runs through the lands of minor allottees the judge of the United States court for the ‘ district wherein said lands are situated shall have power to regulate the maéniner, terms, and conditions whereby such right of way shall be - acquir . · °·¤·¤·¤¤·**·¤- Sec. 4. That in cases where a right of way_can not be acquired from acqui: p 00lI emna on D1 00 °"“’* 2‘.i"i£—°“°.i"" “"°°m.“i2”‘ "§"°°“.i‘“°..{’"¤."1‘%‘*22.i“‘é,“e$t;’TJ“’£ for the proper district, or before the judge thereof in vacation,, according to the provisions of chapter iiity-eight of Sanders and Hill s Digest of the Laws of Arkansas, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, respecting mi W mm “ eminent domain! so far as the same can made applicabler Propided, That in addition to the compensation herein provided for, said railroad company shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior, for the benefit of the tribes through whose lands the said railroad may be constructed, the sum of fifty dollars per mile for each mile of road constructed through tribal lands which have not been allotted to individual Indians. Annwmm. Said company shall also pay, so long as said lands are owned and occupied as tribal property, to the Secretary of the Interior the sum of fifteen dollars per annum for each mile of railway it shall construct through the said Territory. And the money paid the Secretary of the Amimivnment Interioxélrinder thpprlocvgsions ot skis Actuslpall be alpportionpd by him among e severa 1 in accor ance W1 ne num er 0 mi e f ad T M gihat ngiy be consltiiucted through pack reservation: Provideilirgiriizw, ¤• M at ongress s a have the rig it so long as said lands ' tribal property, to impose such additional taxes upon said ralilrlbgdh :2 may be deemed just and proper for their benefit, and the like power {may ble exercised by any State or Territory which may hereafter be orme . Approved, March 28, 1896. M h , . CHAP. .—AA F h 'htfheB klsla l, 1sca' an “_‘8;c _" Railway C<?I1Zp3H)Pt0c:!UiY(ll3L :01:88 th): Illllliillg 83:; Mlgglxflzlppq Be it enactedty the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ·»-··”‘·§:I`;-.·¤“**’@'€-·’°'e`?`?¥ §‘£€T.Z$‘2§Z'...$°'f¤f5€€ “,1"23’Z.”.S’.1€".;.}`“3Ig.€'.1?.ie*l?°.‘§..{2L“1‘.1" }""“““;~ ern way om 3 g aw 0

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' wagon and railroad purposes across the Illinois and Mississippi canal L°°°**°¤· in sections numbered nine or ten, township seventeen, range two, west of the fourth principal meridian, situate in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, and about two thousand two hundred feet in an easterly direction irom lock numbered thirty-seven. Said bridge to be mma. built according to the requirements of the War Department: Provided,