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350 FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 104,105. 1898. pany shall have the right to survey and locate its railway immediately after the passage of this Act. mrs f<>b<¤¤1¤d- Sec. 8. That said company shall cause maps showing the route of its located lines through said Territories to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and also to be tiled in the office of the principal chief of each of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located. After the filing of said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown Pwviev- _ by said maps hall be valid as against said company: Provided, That ¤£,Q‘°,..”§§.,Y° Mg"' °” when a map showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is tiled as herein provided for said company shall commence grading said located line within six months thereafter or such location shall be void; and said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in sections of twenty-nve miles, before the construction of any such section shall be begun. _f¤¤1>l°$¤;: {Wy *7* Sec. 9. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company m ° °" ug ° "'°°necessary to the construction and management of said railroad shall be allowed to reside, while so engaged, upon such right of way, but subject 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. C°¤¤**'“°°°¤· Sec. 10. That said railway company shall build at least seventy-five miles of its railway in said nation within three years after the passage —f¤¤f¢i*¤¤¤ •>f¤’is'=*¤- of this Act, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that ¤r¤¤Si¤s¤y¤t¤- portion not built; that said railway company shall construct and maintain continually all roads and highway crossings and necessary bridges over 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. nfgfd“‘°“ °f“°°°P*‘ Sec. 11. That the said Nebraska, Kansas and Gulf Railway 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 any eiiort looking toward the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their land, and will not attempt to _ secure from the nations or tribes any further grant of land or its occu- _fQm;§f,;1m fomit_ pancy than is hereinbefore provided: Provided, That any violation of the condition mentioned in this section shall operate asa forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railway company under this Act. ¤•=¢¤¤l°*’¤°¤=¤a=¤¤- Sec. 12. That all mortgages, deeds of trust, and other conveyances . executed by said railway company conveying any portion of its railroad, telegraph, and telephone lines, with its franchises. that may be constructed in said Territories shall be recorded in the Department of the Interior, and the record thereof shall be evidence and notice of their execution, and shall convey allrights and property of said company as therein expressed. """‘""'“""‘· Sec. 13. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, alter. or _ _ repeal this Act. m.~;_;jj,f?y{;}_°¤*°f ¤¥*** Sec. 14. That the right of way herein and hereby granted shall not ` be assigned or transferred in any form whatever prior to the construction and completion of the road, except as to mortgages or other liens that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof. Approved, March 30, 1898. \nm·h 30.1898. CHAP. 105.-An Act To authorize the relocation and rebuilding of a pontoon · ·*··w bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represe1zfatiz·es of the United m:|,'*;¤Q; *lm;j;$ States of America i n Congress assembler], That the railway pontoon bridge .,_r.-¤'.¤.n,¤.·..-¤I·. ing across the Mississippi River and an island therein. between Prairie du

{;j{}{Q$,,QfXf{.$;;f’;}‘_;j Chien, Wisconsin, and North McGregor, Iowa, legalized and established

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