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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. l. Ch. 601. 1886. 119 damages. When proceedings have been commenced in court, the rail· Railroad commvvay company shall pay double the amount of the award into court to “Y ‘¥”’·Y P"l°‘€*d» abide the judgment thereof, and then have the right to enter upon the Eggglng, ?f$‘j{g:j property sought to be condemned and proceed with the construction of me ing abit-aiti. the railroad. Sec. 4. That said railroad company shall not charge the inhabitants Fr•¤ig1¤tr¤t·¤¤- of said Territory a greater rate of freight than the rate authorized by the laws of the State of Texas for services or transportation of the same kind: Provided, That passenger rates on said railway shall not exceed Iwrms. three cents per mile. Congress hereby reserves the right to regulate Passenger rates. the charges tor-freight and passengers on said railway, and messages on 1 Right *° *`°S¤· said telegraph and telephone lines, until a State government or gov- s‘;;:.cd°h""g°° "` ernments shall exist in said Territory within the limits of which said ` railway, or a part thereof, shall be located; and then such State government or governments shall be authorized to tix and regulate the cost of transportation of persons and freights within their respective limits by said railway; but Congress expressly reserves the right to tix and regulate at all times the cost of such transportation by said railway or said company whenever such transportation shall extend from one State into another, or shall extend into more than one State: Pro- M a xi m u m vided, however, That the rate of such transportation of passengers, local <=h=¤‘S•>¤- or inter-State, shall not exceed the rate above expressed: And provided further, That said railway company shall carry the mail at such prices Mailsas Congress may by law provide; and until such rate is fixed by law the Postmaster·General may tix the rate of compensation. Sec. 5. That said railway company shall pay to the Secretary of the Mdi_ti¤¤=¤i 90m- Intcrior, for the benefit of the particular nations or tribes through whose Y"’““"*"’“*°“""°“· lands said line may be located, the sum of fifty dollars, in addition to compensation provided for in this act for property taken and damages done to individual occupants by the construction of the railway, for each mile of railway that it may construct in said Territory, said payments to be made in installments of five hundred dollars as each ten miles of road is graded: Provided, That lf the general council of either of Prwiwvthe nations or tribes through whose land said railway may be located shall, within four months after the filing of maps of definite location Gemini commu as set forth in section six of this act, dissent from the allowances pro- may ¤pp<=¤1t¤$¢¤- vided for in this section, and shall certify the same to the Secretary "°*‘“'Y °f I“*°“°"· of the Interior, then all compensation to be paid to such dissenting nation or tribe under the provisions of this act shall be determined as provided in section three for the determination of the compensation to be paid to the individual occupant of lands, with the right of appeal to the courts upon the same terms, conditions, and requirements as therein provided: Provided further, That the amount awarded or adjudged to Awami t, i,,, g,, be paid by said railway company for said dissenting nation or tribe place ofotner comshall be in lieu of the compensation that said nation or tribe would be P°¤¤¤*¤°¤· entitled to receive under the foregoing provision. Said company shall also pay, so long as said Territory is owned and occupied by the In- ‘°*”""“li’“Y“‘°“°‘ dians, to the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of fifteen dollars per annum for each mile of railway it shall construct in the said Territory. _ _ The money paid to the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of D¤¤¤‘ib¤¤¤¤· this act shall be apportioned by him, in accordance with the laws and · treaties now in force among the different nations and tribes, according to the number of miles of railway that may be constructed by said rail- _ Way company through their lands: Provided, That Congress shall have m£‘§:‘; ,*““‘ the right,so long as said lands are occupied and possessed by said na- ' tions and tribes,-to impose such additional taxes upon said railroad as it may deem just and proper for their benefit; and any Territory or State hereafter formed through which said railway shall have been established may exercise the like power as to such part of said railway as may lie within its limits. Said railway company shall have the right to survey and locate its railway immediately after the passage of this act.