Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 24.djvu/436

 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 130, 131. 1887. 403 hundred and fifty-four north; thence along the Missouri River by the most convenient and practicable route to the valley of the Milk River; thence along the valley of the Milk River to Fort Assinniboine; thence southwesterly to the Great Falls of the Missouri River. Sec. 3. That the right of way hereby granted to said company shall Dimension. be seventy-ve feet in width on each side of the central line of said railroad as aforesaid; and said company shall also have the right to take from said lands adjacent to the line of said road material, stone, earth, and timber necessary for the construction of said railroad; also ground adjacent to such right of way for station-buildings, depots, machine-shops, sidetracks, turnouts, and water-stations, not toexceed in amount three hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for Each station, to the extent of one station for each ten miles of its roa. · Sac 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to Ascertainment fix the amount of compensation to be paid the Indians for such right *,***1 P**Ym°¤* °*` of way, and provide the time and manner for the payment thereof, and g"' also to ascertain and hx the amount of compensation to be made `individual members of the tribe for damages sustained by them by reason of the construction of said road; but no right of any kind shall vest in said railway company in or to any part of the right of way herein provided for until plats thereof, made upon actual survey for the definite location of such railroad, and including the points for station-buildings, depots, machine-shops, side—tracks, turnouts, and water-stations, shall be illed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and until the compensation aforesaid has been iixed and paid; and the surveys construction and operation of such railroad shall be conducted with due regard for the rights of the Indians, and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may make to carry out this provision. . Sec. 5. That the right of way across lands occupied or reserved for Bight_ pr way military purposes along the line of said railroad is hereby granted to “°’°;*?‘”'h“·'Y”°‘ said company the same as across said Indian reservations; Provided, ""' '°"°' however, That the survey and location of said railroad across such lands shall be iirst approved by the Secretary of War. ` Sec. 6. That said company shall not assign or transfer or mortgage Not assignable this right of way for any purpose whatever until said road 'shall be com- b°f°'° 'f°'“P1°‘“°”· pleted: Provided, That the company may mortgage said franchise, to- P"”"°°°· gether with the rolling stock, for money to construct and complete said _ road: And provided further, That the right granted herein shall be lost . F°:*`§'*$‘: if ';’°d and forfeited by said company unless the road is constructed and in g,::; °’ ° w° running order within two years from the passage of this act. Approved, February 15, 1887. CHAP. 131.-An act for the purchase of suitable funds in the city of Owens- Feb. 16, 1887. borough, in the State of Kentuc y, and the erection ereon of s public building for -———-——-——·—··· the post-office United States collectors office, United States commissioneis omce, and for the use o( other United States omccrs in said city, and appropriating money for said purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongrees assembled, That the Secretary of the 0W¢¤¤b¤*°¤SI¤» Treasury, be, and he hereby i authorized and directed to purchase Kiigubiic imiiding suitable grounds in the city of zwensborough, in the State of Kentucky, Sm, ° and cause to be erected thereon a suitable public building, with a tireproof vault extending to each story, for the posboffice, United States collector’s office, United States commissioners office, and for the use of other United States onicers in said city. The cost of the site, and build- Gming thereon, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That no money appropriated PWM0-