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186 r11•*·rY-Fmsr oononmss. sm. 1. ou. cas. 1890. railway for each mile of railway that it may construct in said Territory, said payment tobe made in installments of one thousand two hun red an fifty dollars as each working section of twenty-five {www- miles of road is graded; Provided, That if the dgeneral council of @$1 by mmm either of the nations or tribes through whose lan said railroad may ‘ be located shall, within four months after the filing of the maps of definite location, as set forth in section six of this act, dissent rom the allowances provided for in this section, and shall certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, then all compensation to be paid to such dissenting nation or tribe under the provisions of this act shall Le determined as provided in section three for the determination of the compensation to be paid to the individual occupants of lands, with the right of appeal to the courts upon the same con- · _ ditions, terms, and requirements as therein rovided: Provided °{°',§Q;,’8f,°;:’,,°0*,f “°“ further, That the amount awarded or adjudged) to be plaid by said railway company for said dissenting nation or tribe shall be in lieu . of the comipensation that said nation or tribe would be entitled to Y receive uu er the foregoing provision. Said company shall also pay, 4¤¤¤¤¤ Mm so long as said territory is owned or occupied by the Indians, to the Secretary of the Interior the sum of fifteen dollars per annum for each mile of railway it shall construct in the said Territory. The ' _ money paid to the Secreta of the Interior under the provisions of -*W°"’°'“¤°“*· this act shall be apportiongd by him in accordance with the laws and treaties now in force among the different nations and tribes according to the number of miles of railway that may be constructed by said railway comppuy through their lands: Provided, That Congress _ shall have the rig t, as long assaid lands are occupied and possessed “*““’“'*¤°* by said nation or tribe, to impose such additional taxes upon said ra1lway as it may deem just and pxécaper for their benefit; and any Territory or State hereafter form through which said railway ‘ shall have been established may exercise the like wer as to suc · part of said railway as may be within its limits. Slgid railway com-

  • """Y*¤•”°°•“°¤· piany shall have the rig}.? tlc survey and locate its railway immedia e ya'ter epassageo t isact.

”""'°"°‘"""· Sec. 6 That said compandy shall cause maps showing the route of its located line through said Territory to be Hled in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and also to be filed in the office of the priucipal chief of each of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located, and after filing said maps no claim for a _ subsechuent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown

 to be in by said maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That

mmm me yw the- when a map showing any portion of said railway company's located °"°" line is filed as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said located line within one year thereafter, O1' said location apm¤ ¤> be ¤·‘*¤ shall be void; and said, location shall be approved by the Secretary ' og the Intelriomtin sectiopiogtwenty-Eve miles, before construction o any suc sec 1on s ia e egun. mfy"{.§lggg:gg$éi Sec. 7. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company, way. necessary to the construction and management of said road, shall allowed to reside, while so engaged, upon said right of way. but subject to the lprovisions of the Indian intercourse laws and such rules and regu ations as may be established by the Secretary of the _ _ Interior in accordance with said intercourse laws.

   8. That the United States circuit court for the western dis-

Ame. p. in trict of Arkansas shall except as provided in section three of this act have, without reference to the amount in controversy, concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between said Pittsburgh, Columbus and Fort Smith Railway Company and the nations or tribes through whose territory said railway company shall construct their lines; said courts shall have like jurisdiction, without reference to the amount in controversy, over all controversies arising between the inhabitants of said nation or tribe and said railway