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120 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Srass. I. Ch. 601. 1886. Maw Y0 bs fiivd Sec. G. That said company shall cause maps showing the route of its {";h.S"’i"°(}“fZ of located lines through said Territory to be filed in the office of the Sec- ° mM` ° ° ”° °' retary 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; and aiter the filing of said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown by Pmmo. said maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That when a map showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is Work to be no- tiled as herein provided lor, said company shall commence grading said S ° ” “’i*·M¤ Pix located line within six months thereafter, or such location shall be void ; ';;“tb’ from m'"? and said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in p' sections of twenty-tive miles before construction of any such section shall be begun? . omoors, om., ni- Sec. 7. That the officcrs, servants, and employees of said company 19**’¤*1*°¤¤¤id°°¤ necessary to the construction and management of said road shall be “gb° °f ‘"Y· 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. Li¢ig¤¤i¢>¤- Sec. S. That the United States circuit and district courts for the northern district of Texas and the western district of Arkansas, and such other courts as may be authorized by Congress, shall have, without reference to the amount in controversy, concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between said Denison and Washita Valley Railway Company and the nations and tribes through whose territory said railway shall be constructed. Said courts shall have like jurisdiction, without reierence to the amount in controversy, over all controversies arising between the inhabitants of said nations or tribes and said railway company ; and the 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. Fifty mileg at Sec. 9. That said railway company shall build at least fifty miles of l¤¤¤*¤ *°b¤b¤11¤ m its railway in said Territory within three years after the passage of this u“`°° ’°“"‘ act, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not Cressingmctc. built; that said railroad company shall construct and maintain continually all fences, road 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. _ company not to Sec. 10. 'Ihat the said Denison and Washita Valley Railway Com-

 pany 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 in any etfort looking towards the chan gin g or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their land, and will not attempt to secure from the Indian nations any further grant of land, or its ocrmriro. _ eupancy, than is hereinbefore provided: Provided, That any yiolation Y_¤<>l¤ ¤_¤<>¤¤ ie of the condition mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture ""“°° f""""“’°· of all the rights and privileges of said railway company under this act. §!¤1i¤=l¤;;¤gt¤ he Sec. 11. That all mortgages executed by said railway company con- . u:‘;‘*"° veying any portion of its railroad, with its franchises, that may be constructed in said Indian Territory, shall be recorded in the Department of the Interior, and the record thereof shall be evidence and notice of their execution, and shall convey all rights and property of said company as therein expressed. ` Right to amend, Srzo. 12. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, alter, or re- ¤¤¤--¤¤¤¢¤‘v¢<L pea] this act; and the right of way herein and hereby granted shall riot assignuhle not be assigned or transferred in any form whatever prior to the connrrvf tv ·=¤¤¤p1•>· struction and completion of the road, except as to mortgages or other - "°”· liens tthat may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction t ereo . Approved, July 1, 1856.