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528 FIFTY-FOURTH CON GRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 228, 229. 1897. C°¤P¤¤¤¤¤°¤· Sec. 3. That before said canal or other structures shall be constructed through any lands held by individual occupants according to the laws, customs, and usages of any of the Indian tribes through which the same maybe constructed, full compensation shall be made to such occupants for all property taken or damage done by reason of the construction of such canal or other structures, the amount of such compensation to be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, and to be subject to his iinal approval. ,S¤¤{°m>" °* I{·*°· Sec. 4. That said company shall cause maps showing the route of its $3;, s°ic?m”°v° °°°` located line through said Indian reservation to be Bled in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and that said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior before any grading or construction promo. _ upon any section or part of said located line shall be begun: Provided, mg]"" °f I”d““°' That said canal and other structures be located and constructed with a due regard for the rights of the Indians and especially so as not to interfere with their irrigating ditches. _i£'j_1lf°g’,;‘{1°,,’j;°{;·§,‘f‘ Sec. 5. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company ' necessaryto the construction, maintenance, management, and operation of the structures hereby authorized shall be allowed to reside while so engaged upon the lands herein granted, but subject to the provisions of the Indian intercourse laws, and such rules and regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Interiorin accordance with the said intercourse laws. s¤my,m. Sec. 6. That said company shall have the right to survey and locate its canal immediately after the passage of this Act. hfgggxh M *·¤¤- Sec. 7. That in connection with the said canal and its appurtenances Psaid company shall have the right to erect, maintain, and use a telegraph or telephone line, or both,.and other appliances reasonably necessary or convenient for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the said canal and its appurtenancesrbut only within and upon the limits of the right of way hereby granted. Gommnofwwpv Sec. 8. That the said Hudson Reservoir and Canal Company shall °°°` accept this right of way upon the express condition, binding upon itself, its successors, and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist in any eifort looking toward changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their lands, and will not attempt to secure _ from the Indian tribes any further grant of land or its occupancy than mg lading is hereinbefore provided: Provided, That the rights herein granted are upon the express condition that the grantee thereof, its successors or assigns shall at all times during the continuance of the grant furnish the Indians located under its canal along said right of way with water sudicient for all domestic and agricultural purposes, and purposes of irrigation on such just and reasonable terms and under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Amendment. ew. Sec. 9. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, add to, or repeal this Act. Approved, February 15, 1897. February 15, 1897. CHAP. 229.-An Act To amend so much of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine

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Fifty-th ird Congress, and approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as requires that the lower portion of the Rock Island Bridge shall not be occupied by any street railway company without paying a reasonable rent therefor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _m;<:;·l;]{¤l-¤d M- States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso in ‘*An Act rmi mnmags. making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Governmentior V°*·”#P·”‘2· the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety six, and for other purposes/’ approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, being chapter one hundred and eighty-nine of the Statutes of the United States of America, passed at the third session of the . Fifty-third Congress, and which proviso is in the appropriation for the