12 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 29. 1896. . .- ‘ Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railwa
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Indian Reservation, in Minnesota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Br¤¤1¤*¤¤¤dN<¤**¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted to ZT ;T:;:;°§° the Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company,_a corporation
- 5** °*. '•Yj?il“ organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, and
- °$i;Tvm°n°’ mm- to its assigns, the right of way for the extension of its railroad, with
necessary side tracks and switch tracks, and for a telegraph and tele- Leech Lake R¤¤¤r· phone line, through the Lwch Lake Indian Reservation, commencin g "°'°°‘ at a point in the south line of said Indian reservation and extending northwesterly through section eleven, of township one hundred and forty-one, range thirty-one, to a point in the west line of said reserva- _ChiPP•W¤ mans- tion in section two; also through the Chippewa Indian Reservation, in
- ‘°"· aid State, commencing at a point in the south line of said Indian
reservation, in township one hundred and forty-two north, of range thirty-one west, and extending in a northwesterly direction from the terminus of the line as now constructed along the most feasible and practicable route, through townships one hundred and forty-three north, of ranges thirty-one and thirty-two west, to a point in the west line of said reservation, with the right to load logs on said railroad at the points in said reservation where the same may run adjacent or contiguous to wnnnsa. the waters of Leech Lake. Such right of way shall be fifty feet in width on each side of the central line of said railroad, and said company shall also have the right to take hom the lands adjacent to the line of said road material, stone, and earth necessary for the construction of said Stations. ow- railroad; also grounds adjacent to such right of way for station build- — ings, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, and to an extent not exceeding one EMM- m station within the limits of said Chippewa Reservation: Provided, That I""' no part of such lands herein granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as are necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad line, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be used such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall be taken. cempummu. Sec. 2. That before said railroad shall be constructed through any land, claim, or improvement held by individual occupants according to any treaties or laws of the United States, compensation shall be made such occupant or claimant for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of such railroad. In case of failure to make satisfactory settlement with any such claimant, the United States district court at Saint Paul or Duluth, Minnesota, shall have jurisdiction, upon petition of either party, to determine such just compensation in accordance with the laws of Minnesota provided for determining Damngeswtribu- the damage when property is taken for railroad purposes; and the amount of damages resulting to the tribe or tribes of Indians pertain mg to said reservation in their tribal capacity, by reason of the construction of said railroad through such lands of the reservation as are not occupied in severalty, shall be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, and be subject to gavin. t_ to be his final approval: Provided, however, That said railroad company may g,,,'f,';_°¤§}‘,§g'§§nd_ ‘ file with the Secretary of the Interior a bond, in such amount and with such sureties as the Secretary shall approve, conditioned for the pavment of just compensation for said right of way to said individual occupants and to said tribe or tribes, as hercinbefore provided, and said comparnymay theretupon proceed to construct and operate its railroad across said reserva ion. mw- Sec. 3. That said company shall cause maps, showing the route of its line through said reservation, and including the grounds for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turn-outs, and water stations, to the filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior beibre construe 'ng any portion of said railroad. s°”°Y°— Sec. 4. That said company is hereby authorized to enter upon said
