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96 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 117-119. 1894. railway company in or to any part of the right of way herein provided for until plats thereof, made upon the actual survey for the definite location of such railroad, and including grounds for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turn—outs, and water stations shall have been approved and filed with the Secretary of the Interior, and until the compensation aforesaid shall have been fixed and paid, and the consent of the Indians on said reservation to the provisions of this Act shall have been obtained in a manner satisfactory to the President of the United States. Said company is hereby authorized to enter upon such reservation for the purpose of surveying and locating its line of rms". railroad: Provided, That said railroad shall be located, constructed, F·is¤¤¤ ¤f I¤·¤·¤¤» and operated with due regard to the rights of the Indians and the rules °ui*•¤m,¤ee. of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That said railway company shall construct and maintain continually all fences, roads, and highways, crossings and necessary bridges over said railway whenever 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 cmsmmtu. across the same: Provided further, That said railway shall be con— structed through said reservations within three years after the passage of this Act, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion of the road not constructed. mmmeumm. Sec. 3. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this Act, and the right of way hereby granted shall not be assigned or transferred in any form whatever, except as to mortgages or other liens that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof. Approved, June 27, 1894. Juno 28, mu. CHAP. 118.—-An Act Making Labor Day a legal holiday. _ ~ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Labor Day. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the first Monday of _,_§·* **° e 1********* **°*** September in each year, being the day celebrated and known as Labor’s ` Holiday, is hereby made a legal public holiday, to all intents and pur- 1:. s. 1>.c.,m.m, poses, in the same manner as Christmas, the tirst day of January, the PJ"- twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, and the fourth day of July are now made by law public holidays. Approved, June 28, 189-1. June 29, IBN. CHAP. 119. —An Act To incorporate the Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _nasm.n tr comm. States of America in Congress assembled, That George B. Shaw. of the

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3..igm or rynnss city of Henderson, State of Kentucky; Walter B. Richie, of the city '“°""*’°"""“· of Lima, State of Ohio; Robert L. C. White, of the city of Nashville, State of Tennessee; Philip T. Colgrove, of the city of Hastings, State of Michigan; and Tracy R. Bangs, of the city of Grand Forks, State of North Dakota, officers and members of the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias, and their successors, be. and they are hereby, incorporated and made a body politic and corporate in the District of Columbia by the name of "The Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias;" and by that name it may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity. and may have and use a common seal, and change the same at pleasure, and be entitled to use and exercise all the powers, rights, and privileges incidental to fraternal and benevolent corporations within the District of Columbia. P¤>i>¤¤y1i¤¤r· Sue. 2. That the said corporation shall have the power to take and hold real and personal estate, not exceeding in value one hundred thousand dollars, which shall not be divided among the members of