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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 279, 280. 1889. 745 said sum to be paid to the reporter, notwithstanding section seventeen hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, or section three §,-§··,*'?“· {*69814- of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, ° 8'p` ' chapter three hundred and twenty-eight. Sec. 2. That the pay of assistant messen ers, firemen, watchmen, Raw of p¤y.¤s¤isrlaborers, and charwomen provided for in dns act, unless otherwise §{‘§,fY,€Z’?°”g°"* me specially stated, shall be as follows: For assistant messengers, firemen, and watchmen, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; for laborers, at the rate of six hundred and sixty ollars per annum each; and for charwomen, at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum each. Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with Remuthe provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, February 26, 1889. _ CHAP. 280.-An act granting the right of way to the `Fort Smith, Paris and Dar- February 25, 1889. danelle Railway Company to construct and operate a. railroad, telegraph, and tele- —·—··—*—‘ glggne line from_Fort Smith, Arkansas, through the Indian Territory, to or near ter Springs, m the State of Kansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatices oéthe United States o{ America in Congress assemblied, That the ort rmsmith,r»r¤¤¤u Smith, Paris an Dardanelle Railway Company, a corppration created g‘.}f,,°Q,{',§’;,1°,},*,,*?1{,'u‘}l§ under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Ar ansas, be, and  tglezrnvh the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, nu-0¤g1i°ii¤iiZ$ reiii? constructing, owning, eguipping, operating, using, and maintaining "°""· · a railway, telegraph, an te ephone me from the city of Fort Smith, Imaam in the State of Arkansas, through the Indian Territory, to or near the town of Baxter Slprings, in Cherokee County, in the State of Kansas, beginningiat the said city of Fort Smith, Arkansas; thence running to the Ar ansas River, either in the said State of Arkansas, or the Indian Territory, and crossing said river either in the said State or Territory, and thence through said Territory or through said State and Territory, by the most feasible and practicable route, in a northwesterly direction, through the Indian erritory to or near the said town of Baxter Springs, in the State of Kansas, with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turn-outs, and sidings as said compan may deem it to their interest to construct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds herein provided for. Sec. 2. That said corporation is authorized to take and use for all R*c¤¤ of wvpurposes of a railwa, and for no other purpose, a right ofway one undred feet in width through said Indian erritory for said line of Widththe Fort Smith, Paris and Dardanelle Railway Company, and to take and use a strip of land two hundred feet in width, with the length of three thousand feet, in addition to the right of way, for stations, Stations, etc. for every ten miles of road,‘with the right to use such additional ground where there are heavy cuts or fills as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the road·bed, not exceeding one hundred feet on each side of said right of way, or as muc thereof as maybe included in said cut or fill: Preceded, That no mem. part of the lands herein authorized to be taken shall be leased or Neuobeseianw. sold by the company, and they shall not be used excgpt in such manner and for such purposes only as shall be necessary or the construction and convenient operation of said railroad, telegraph, and tele ihone lines; and when any portion thereof shall cease to be so used, such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall have been taken. Sec. 3. That before said railway shall beconstructed through any 1>¤¤¤¤z¤¤· lands held by individual occupants according_to the laws, customs, and usages of any of the Indian nations or tribes through which 1t