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railway wherever said roads or 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.

Condition of acceptance. Sec. 9. That the Arkansas Northwestern Railway Company shall accept this grant of the right of way upon the express condition, binding upon itself, its successors and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist in any effort looking toward the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their land, and will not attempt to secure from the Indian nations or tribes any further grant of land or its occupancy than is herein provided for: Proviso.
Violation to forfeit.
Provided, That any violation of the conditions mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all rights and privileges of said railway company under this Act.

Record of mortgages. Sec. 10. That all mortgages executed by said railway company conveying any portion of its railway, with its franchises, that may be constructed in said reservation 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.

Amendment, etc. Sec. 11. That Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this Act.

Received by the President, March 25, 1896.

[Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]



April 7, 1896.

Chap. 94.—An Act To confirm certain cash entries of offered lands.

Public lands.
Cash entries validated.
Vol. 25, pp. 622, 854.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all private cash entries of public land subject to sale in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas as offered lands, made between the dates of the approval of the joint resolution of May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and its promulgation, May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, in cases in which all requirements of law have been complied with, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, and all such entries made between said dates which have been canceled for which the purchase money has not been refunded shall be reinstated by the Commissioner of the General Land Office upon the application of the purchaser or purchasers or their legal representatives or assigns: Proviso.
Adverse claims.
Provided, That no adverse claim has attached or shall attach prior to such application for reinstatement.

Approved, April 7. 1896.



April 7, 1896.

Chap. 95.—An Act To authorize the leasing of lands for educational purposes in Arizona.

Arizona.
Lease of school lands authorized.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the lands reserved for university purposes, and all of the school land in the Territory of Arizona reserved by law for school purposes, may be leased under such laws and regulations as may be hereafter prescribed by the legislature of said Territory, but until such legislative action the governor, secretary of the Territory, and superintendent of public instruction shall constitute a board for the leasing of said lands under the rules and regulations heretofore prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for the respective purposes for which the said reservations were made,