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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 342, 343. 1894. 505 right of way for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, S¢¤ii<>¤¤. etc. turn-outs, and water stations, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, and to an extent not exceeding one station for each ten miles of road [within the limits of said reservations: Provided, That no part of such lands herein Pr<>vi¤<»_. granted shall he used except in such manner and for such purposes only .,.,§Rv°"'°" f'"` "°"` as are necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad line, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be used, such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall be taken. . Sec. 2. That before said railroad shall be constructed through any m£“m°¤°¤ *°*¤**M<*· land, claim, or improvement held by individual occupants according to Y any treaties or laws of the United States, compensation shall be made such occupant or claimant for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of said railroad. In case of failure to make Litigation. satisfactory settlement with any such claimant, the United States district court at Saint Paul or Duluth, Minnesota, shall have jurisdiction upon petition of either party to determine such just compensation in accordance with the laws of Minnesota provided for determining the damage when property is taken for railroad purposesgand the amount of damages resulting to thetribe or tribes of Indians pertaining to said reservations in their tribal capacity, by reason of the construction of said railroad through such lands of the reservations as are not occupied in severalty, shall be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, and be subject to his iinal _ approval: Provided, however, That said railroad company may iile with €yTf,'{'{f‘§,g,y begin 0,, the Secretary of the Interior a bond, in such amount and with such ¤¤¤zb<>¤·i- sureties as the Secretary shall approve, conditioned for the payment of just compensation for said right of way to said individual occupants and to said tribe or tribes, as hereinfore provided, and said company may thereupon proceed to construct and operate its railroad across said reservations. ‘ Sec. .3. That said company shall cause maps, showing the route of its mQf,§P°· °*°·· *° b° line through said reservations, and including the grounds for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turn-outs, and water stations, to be tiled in the office of the Secretary of the Interior before constructing any portion of said railroad. ` Sec. 4. That said company is hereby authorized to enter upon said S‘“"°Y°· reservations for the purpose of surveying and locating its line of railroad: Provided, That said railroad shall be located and constructed §Q°g'§,‘{§g,,,,,,,_ with due regard to the rights of the Indians, and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe. Sec. 5. That the right herein granted shall be forfeited by said com- °°¤°“‘“°“°¤~ pany, unless the road shall be constructed through the said reservations _ within three years alter the passage of this act. Approved, August 27, 1894. · ... . .i le "An Act to amend an Act entitled A¤8¤¤* YZ ISN- ‘A rs?r?i;?ng theliiaglgtooflllggji tg Illhtghilsou and Southern Railroad Com- ""';"_`°—“"“` pany through the Indian Territory! " Bc it enacted by the Senate and House eq" Representatives of the United _ States of America. in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section S3; :1;*1 gifierzzg U two of the Act entitled “An Act to amend ‘An Act granting the right Cogmyi _ bt of of way to the Hutchison and Southern Railroad Qompany through the w§;‘Q;m:{u{'g Indian 'I‘g;·;·itory,"’ approved February third, eighteen hundred and N, ;L2a6,p.4ss; vti. ninety-two, be, and the same hereby are, extended for a further period of three years. Approved, August 27, 1894.