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FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II C11. 254. 1887. -121 be in lieu of the compensation that said nation or tribe would be eutitled to receive under the foregoing provision. Said company shall Anmwl ¤‘¢¤f¤l· also pay, so long as said Territory is owned and occupied by the Indians, to the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of fiftecu dollars pcr annum for each mile of railwayit shall construct in the said Territory. Thcmoncy paid to the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this act shall be apportioned by him, in accordance with the laws and treaties now in force among the diftbrcnt nations and tribes, according to the number of miles of railway that may be constructed by said railway company through their lands: Provided, That Congress shall have the right, so Right m mx rclong as said lands are occupied and possessed by said nations and tribes, ¤°"°d· to impose such additional taxes upon said railroad as it may deem just - and proper fortbcir benefit; and any Territory or State hereafter formed through which said railway shall have been established may exercise the like power as to such part of said railway us may lic within its limits. Said railway company shall have the right to survey und locate its railway immediately after the passage of this act. Sec. 6. That said company shall cause maps showing the ron tc of its Mm, ,0 1,,, med located line through said Territory to be tiled in the chica of the Sac- with Secrcmry or retary of the Interior, and also to be filed in the offico of the principal I¤*°¤°¤¤*1°b*°*`¤· chief of each of the nations 01- tribes through whose lsndssaid railway may be located; and after the Bling of said maps no claim for a. subsequenb settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown bysaid maps shall be valid as against said company: Providqd, That when an p,.,,.;,,, map showing any portion of said railway c0mpany’s located line is Bled as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said 10- Grading to begin cated line within six months thereafter, or such location shall be void; *i*h*¤ ¤*¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤· and saitl location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in sections of twentytive miles before construction of any such section shall bo begun. · Sxcc. 7. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company Employees nlnecessary tc the construction and management of said road shall be al· kywed *0 !¢¤id¤ ¤¤ Iowed to reside, while so engaged, upon such right of way, but subject “gl“‘ °f ‘7'“Y· 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 said intercourse laws. . Sec. 8. That the United States circuit and district courts for the north- Jurisdiction o t em district of Texan and the western district of Arkansas, and such :9“'*“ ’“ *"'8°‘ other courts as may be authorized by Congress, shall have, without mf- ’°"' erence to the amount in controversy, concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between said Fort Worth and Denver City Rail~ way Company and the nations and tribes through whose tcrri tory said railway shall be constructed. Said courts shall have like jurisdiction, without reference to the amount in controversy, over all controversies ’ arising between tho inhabitants of said nations or tribes and said milway company ; andthe 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. ‘ Sec. 9. That said railway company shall build at least fifty miles of At least 50 miles its railway in said Territory within three years after the passage of this *° b° Wu? "’ *hF°° act, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion §f;Q°' "gh°"°'° not built; that said railroad company shall construct and maintain ` continually all road and highway crouings and necessary bridges over Cmssiugs. 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. Sec. 10. That the said Fort; Worth and Denver City Railway Com- €`¤¤dm°¤ vf ¤<=· pany shall accgpu this right: of way upon the express condition, binding °°*‘t""°°• upon itsclly its successors and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist in any pfcrt looking towards the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their land, and will not