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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Szss. II. Gus. 119. 120. 1887. 391 S20. 8. That the provision of this act shall not extend to the tcrri- Lands excepted. tory occupied by the Ohcrokecs, Creeks, Choctaws, Ghickasaws, Seminoles, and Osage, Miamics and Pcorias, and Sacs and Foxes, in the Indian Territory, nor to any of the reservations of the Seneca N ation of New York Indians in the State of New York, nor to that strip of territory in the State of Nebraska adjoining the Sioux Nation on the south added by executive order. • Sec. 9. That for the purpose of making the surveys and msurveys Avvmvriativn fvr mentioned in section two of this act, there bc, and hereby is,- appro- ““"°Y“· priatcd, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, to be repaid proportionately out of the proceeds of the sales of such land as may be acquired from the Indians under the provisions of this act. Sec. 10. That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as Rights of way to affect the right and power of Congress to grant the right; of way ”°° °**`°°*°d· through any lands granted to an Indian, or a tribe of Indians, for railroads or other highways, or telegraph lines, for the public usc, 01:_t0 condemn such lands to public uscs, upon making just compensation. Sec. 11. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent suuuhem Ut as the removal of the Southern Ute Indians from their present reserva- my \>¤ ¤>¤¤<>Y¤d t0 tion in Southwestern Colorado to a new reservation by and with the “°“' '°“°"“'°“· . consent of a majority of the adult male members of said tribe. Approved, February 8, 1887. · . 'I J CHAP. 120.--Au act to declare a. forfeiture of lands granted to the New Orleans, Feb. 8, 1587. Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company, to confirm title to certain lands, and ·—;···—··· for other purposes. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oemgress aucmblcd, That the lands granted to the C¤‘¢¤i¤ I ¤ ¤d ¤ New Orleans, Baton Ronge and Vicksburg Railroad Company by the E;‘;‘;°é’2;%1§‘;z';‘?'g act entitled “An act to incorporate the Texas Pacific Railroad Com- and ¢ick,bu,g §_ pany and to aid in the construction of its road, and for other purposes! R. 00. forfeited. approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-ono, are hereby V0!- 16. P· 579- declared to be forfeited to the United States of America in all that part of said grant which is situute ou the cast side of the Mississippi River, and also in all that part of said grant ou the west of the Mississippi River which is opposite to and coterminous with the part of the New Orleans Pacific Railroad Company which was completed 0n the fifth day of January, eighteen hundred and oightyonc; and said lands are restorcd to the public domain of the United States. Sec. 2. That the title of tho United States and of the original grantee Cqrbain 1 a u d-; t0 the lands granted by said act of Congress of March third, eighteen 3**;*******;} *‘;nN°;" hundred and seventy-oue, to said grantee, the New Orleans, Baton R"  fjdgnug Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company, not hcreiu,dcc}m·ed forfeited, .,4* N6; mmm, is relinquished, granted, conveyed, and confirmed to the New Orleans Baton Ronge and Pacific Railroad Company, as the assignee of the New Orleans, Baton gi°k°*”“‘8 B- R· Bongo and Vicksburg Railroad Company, said lands to be located in °‘ accordance with the map tiled by said New Orleans Pacitic Railway Company in the Department of the Interior October twentyseventh, eighteen hundred and eighty·0n0 and November seventeen th, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, which indicate the definite location of said road: hmdod, That all said lands occupied by actual settlers at the PTM5M- · date of the definite lomtiem of said road and still remaining in their “tI;{;‘r‘:““Q£h:°t§‘Qn“: I possession or in possession of their heirs or assigns shall be held and ,,c,,Pt,,d_ * deemed excepted from said grant and shall be subject to entry under the public land laws of the United States. Sec. 3. That the relinquishment of the lands and the confirmation of _ Wb¤¤s¤¤¢*¤ bc the grant provided for in the second sections of this act are made and “’ °°m°"“· shall take etfect whenever the Secretary of the Interior is notified that _