160 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 206, 207, 213. 1872. Indians to as- before such certificates are issued: Provided, Said Pottawatomie Indians ‘l“l’€ ¤° m°’° shall neither acquire nor exercise uuderthe laws of the United States any "gm m°"’&°'; rights or privileges in said Indian territory, other than those enjoyed by the members of the Indian tribes lawfully remding therein. And for the may enforce protection of the rights of persons and property among themselves, they ““'·‘g°“i may enforce the laws and usages heretoibre enforced among them as an Indian tribe, not inconsistent with the Constitution and- laws of the United entitled 1:orep· States, and shall be entitled to equitable representation 11:1 the general
- °¤°¤*m°¤· territorial council, and subject to the general laws which it may legally
enact. ‘ Allotments of Sec. 2. When it shall be•sh0wn to the satisfaction of the Secretary {3)*****; mg] of the Interior that any Indian of pure or mixed blood of the Absentee ¤“Si;,§°;m;°W` Shawnees, being a head of a family, or a person over twenty-one_years of age, hast resided, continuously, for the term of lthree years yvithin the thuty-mileisquare tract lying west of the. Seminole reservation .111 the Indian territory, and has made substantial improvements thereon, lt shall wrrhom und be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to ISSUG to said Indian a eergf }‘°" “‘“d°* tiiicate of allotment for eighty acres of land, to include, so far as may be ` practicable, his or her improvements, together with an addition of twenty acres for each child under twenty-one years of age belonging to the family of said Indian, which certificate shall include the same provisions as are included in the certificates of allotments of lands to be issued under the provisions of diet Iirsggsecgog of this act. Arraovmn, ay , . · May 28, 1872. CHAP. CCVII. ·— An_Act to authorize the Chicago and Northwestern _Rqilwa_y Company _"`—"`_" l0 change thetr projected Lane of Railway m the Stale of Mtchzgan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Chivuso and States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chicago and North- N°?`"“"'t°"‘ western Railwa Com an are hereb authorized be chanve and relocate Ri\ll\VI!y COI’l\· X P y , y, ,¤ pany may that part of their projected line of railway “ from the city of Fond du $*;:8* Pt9**°$` Lac, in the State of Wisconsin, northerly to Escouaba, in the State of °°° ’°°Michigan," which lies in said State of Michigan, so as to run said line from " at or near the mouth of the Menomonee river to Esc0nabo.,” on such line within the limits of the land grant reserved for the use of said company, now on file in the office of the commissioner of the general land office, as they may deem most advantageous, and shall cause a plat of their line, as relocated, to be filed in said office within six months of m.l;`::g;°;&'¤¤** the passage of this act: Provided, That the grant of lands heretofore www made to a1d in the construction of said railroa shall not be increased or clniiged in any litkespect whatever by the change of line hereby authorized. vrnovsn, ay 28, 1872. Mw Wh 1879- CHAP. CCXIH. -—- An Act to audwrize the Construction of a Bridge, and to establish the SU., 15-,-2, uh, gg;, same as a Poe:-mad. POW D **5- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United bum'lfg_z;l_;”g°b° States of America in Congress assembled,`That it shall be lawful for any ]mq.i,,,,;M,;,m, ncrson or persons, cornpany or corporation, having authority fr0rn_the at Fort iitnson, btatos of Iosva and Illinois, to build a bridge across the Mississippi river °‘}Q"k”y at. Fort Madison, Iowa, and to lay on or over said bridge railway-tracks, tracks. for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are or shall be con- ' structed to the said river at or opposite said point, under the limitations ¤°i;l;‘:fa°m:r_ and conditions hereinafter provided; that said bridge shall not interfere rms wirhl with the free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary in order to carry i.nto_eifect the rights and privileges hereby granted ; and in case
in of any 1‘1t1gation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the
Umm 8mm_ free navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the district court of the United States of any State in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge touches.
