464 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 218, 219. 1908. gaggdmment provided for herein: Provided, That the latter appropriation, or any ' urther appropriation hereafter made for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, shall be reimbursed to the United States from the proceeds received from the sale of the lands described herein or from any money in the Treasury belonging to said Indian tribes _ __ respectively. _ U§Y{§d'°§{$§f”‘l"*'°f bno. 9. That nothing in this Act contained shall in any manner bind the United States to purchase any portion of the land herein described, except sections sixteen and thirty-six or the equivalent .1D each townshi , or to dis se of said land exee t as rovided herein or to r- anee n u rs orsa1 soran ee , tp to ti d pporchase f `d land, P y portion th r, of it bdihg the intention of this Act that the United States shall act as trustee for said Indians to dispose of the said lands and to expend and pay over the proceeds received from the sale thereof only as receive and as mmhm n Ot herein provided: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed meme. · to deprive the said Indians of the Cheyenne River or Standing Rock Indian reservations, in South Dakota and North Dakota, of any bene- _ fits to which they are entitled under existing treaties or agreements . mP§§,,_°* ""“’" P"' notinconsistentwiththe provisions of this Act: Provided, That Indians _. residing upon their allotments in townships sixteen north of ranges twenty-tive, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, and thirty-one east shall have the right to use timber in said townships, except on sections sixteen and thirty-six for domestic purpoms only as long as the lands remain part of the public domain. Approved, May 29, 1908.. M¤[y29,1908. CHAP. 819. An To extend the time within which the Washington and
Western Maiéyland Railroad Company shall be-required to complete the road of said
[Public, No. 159.] company un er the provisions of an Act of Congress approved Rlarch second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as amended by an Act of Congress approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and six. _ _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and I[0use of Representatives of the United I{,"j;',‘j',‘{fé’{’(l‘},‘“},’f{{; States of America in Congress assemble , That the time within which me; : jg; p0g·;{‘1;}¤d the Washington and l/Vestern hiaryland Railroad Company is required v,,;_25_ ,§_m_to complete and put in operation its railroad in the District of Colum- ,,§}'{]j,eQ,'d9Q,$“”""“‘ bia uncer the provisions of an Act of Congress approved March secauycaédsl, p. M6. ond, eighteen hundred and eightymine, as amcm ed bv an Act of °" ‘ Congress approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and six, be, and the same is hereby, extended` for the term of eighteen months from the twentveighth day of December, nineteen hunched and seven, and all of the franchises, rights, and wers conferred by said Acts or either of them, uipon said railroadpdompany, may be enjoyed and exercisedas fully an completely as if said railroad had been completed and put in operation prior to the twenty-eighth day of December, gonna anno Domim nineteen hundred and seven: Provzded, That within one ""” ‘ month after the approval of this Act the said lVashin ton and lVestern Maryland Railroad Company shall deposit with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia the sum of two thousand dollars to _ guarantee the construction of said railroad within the time herein ex-
- `°"“““'*’· tended. If this sum is not so deposited this Act shall be void; if this
· sum is deposited and the said railroad company shall fail to construct and have in operation the said railroad, within the time herein prescribed, the said sum shall be forfeited to the District of Columbia and this Act shall be void. Approved, May 29, 1908.
