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 TIIIRTY-—NIN'I`H CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 270, 277. 1866. 291 one year after the passage of this act, and not afterwards, and shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That said Pacific Railroad Company, Pacino Railsouthern branch, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized and em- :g;QhS;1mP”Y· powered to extend and construct its railroad from the southern boundary b,,,,,,,h_ may ex, of Kansas, south through the Indian Territory, with the consent of the tend its road. Indians, and not otherwise, along the valley of Grand and Arkansas ¥;;’r'Q§Jl;;",?‘““ rivers, to Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas; and the right of way consengtioliort through said Indian Territory is hereby granted to said company, its suc- Stlgfhk f cessors and assigns, to the extent of one hundred feet on each side of thmfgg said road or roads, and all necessary grounds for stations, buildings, work- Tet-ritogy, and shops, machine-shops, switches, side·tracks, turn—tabl¤s, and water—stations. $3:25 °§`m Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the same grant[s] of lands wing rmi,,,,, through said Indian Territory are hereby made as provided in the first titlais •>§¤i¤·_ section of this act, whenever the Indian title shall be extinguished by §';f:}:g,;'I::,;"" treaty or otherwise, not to exceed the ratio per mile granted in the first lands becbme section of this act: Provided, That said lands become a part of the public P“b“°:1“”d*},b0 lands of the United States. §;2;,:;,,;T°° Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That said Pacific Railroad Com- Coynpspymay pany, southern branch, its successors and assigns, shall have the right to z_';ql:';;;f,g negotiate with, and acquire title to land for railroad purposes from, any {mum., ‘ Indian nation or tribe authorized by the United States to dispose of lands, and from any other nation or tribe of Indians through whose lands said railroad may pass, subject to the approval of the United States, or from any company or parties incorporated or authorized for such purposes, by such nation or tribe, or which such parties may have acquired under the laws of the United States. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That any railroad company char- A¤y ¤‘¤il¤>¤·<i tered under any law of the United States, or of an‘y State which may Eglxgwdxzis have been heretofore or shall hereafter be organized by any act of the oompa¤y,attu·, Congress of the United States, may connect, unite, and consolidate with &°· this railroad company, after the same shall be located to the valley of the Neosho or Grand River, upon just, fair, and equitable terms, to be agreed upon between the parties, as shall not be against the public interest, or the interest of the United States. Approved, July 26, 1866. CHAP. CCLXXVI1. —An Act to incorporate the Washington Temperance Society of July 27, 1868. the City of Was}tington, District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of th/e United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That John S. Hollingshead, TW’**l“”8"°“ William G. Flood, Christopher Cammack, senior, Asbury Lloyd, John S§;f§iiE,,°§,_ B. lVheeler, Zach. B. Brooke, Ros. A. Fish, George W. Maher, Wm. P. poratod- Drew, Wm. H. Nally, Thomas B. Marche, Oscar Alexander, William Dixon, and others who now are or may hereafter become members of said society, and their successors, are hereby declared to be one community and body corporate by the name, style, and title of the Washing- Nameton Temperance Society of Washington City and District of Columbia; and by that name they shall be, and are hereby, made able and capable Corporate in law to have, receive, and retain to them and their successors property P°“'°"“· real and personal, also devises and bequests of any person or persons, bodies corporate or politic, capable of making the same, and the same to dispose of or transfer at their pleasure in such manner as they may think proper : Provided always, That the said corporation shall not at any time Limi: tt? hold or possess property, real, personal, or mixed, exceeding in value the Z;':;?" ° pm?' sum of twenty-tive thousand dollars, other than that which may be invested in a hall to be erected for the purposes of the society. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation and their Corporate powers.