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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 555, 556. 1891. 1091 shall be delivered to the owner or shipper, and when the cattle, sheep, and swine, or their carcasses and products are sent abroad, a thir copy shall be delivered to the chief officer of the vessel on which the shipment shall be made. . Sec. 7 That none of the provisions of this act shall be so con- Not applicable to strued as to apply to any cattle, sheep, or swine slaughtered by any  km" by farmer upon, is farm, which may be transported from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia into another State or Ter- _ ritory or the District of Columbia; Provided, however, That if   mt ,0 the carcasses of such cattle, sheep, or swine go to any packing or canning! mumcanning establishment and are intended for transportation to any m°”°"° °"“'“"°d‘ other State or Territory or the District of Columbia as hereinbefore provided, they shall there be subject to the post mortem examination provided for in sections three and four o this act. Approved, March 3, 1891. CHAP. 556.-—An act granting to the Missoula and Northern Railroad Company March 3, 1891. the right of way through the Flathead Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana. ‘—""‘—‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States ofzlmerica in Congress assembleciw That the right of Missou1aandNoi-tbway is hereby granted, as hereinafter set forth, to the Missoula and °'°%'°?°‘{‘j)';*P_*;¥|{; Northern Railroad Company, a corporation organized and existing Kalman nfliotnooa under the laws of the State of Montana, for the construction, opera- {,,‘},§i,{_“" B““°"""°”¤ tion, and maintenance of its railroad through the lands set a art for - ' the use of the Flathead Indians, commonly known as the Bllathead Indian Reservation, said railroad line beginning at a int at or near Location. the mouth of J ocko River, on the Northern Pacific Igailroad, in the county of Missoula, State of Montana, and running thence bpthe most practicable route to the northern line of the said State of ontana, and more particularly described, as far as extending through said Indian reservation, as beginning at or near the aforesaid mouth of J ocko River, and running thence in a northerly direction to the southerly end of Flathead Lake, and thence by the most practicable route, either to the east or west of said lake, in a northerly direction to the said northern boundary of Montana. Sec. 2. That the right of way hereby granted to said railroad com- wm any shall be seventy-five 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 lands adjacent to the line of said road material, stone, earth, and timber necessary for the construction thereof; also ground ad 'acent to said right of way for station buildings, depots, smuom, oro. machine sliops, side tracks, turn-outs, and water stations. not to exceed 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 said road. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to Compensation. agree with the Flathead and Confederated tribes on the compensation to be paid them for such right of way, and the time and manner for the payment thereof, but no right of way of any kind shall vest in said railroad company in or to any part of the right of way or station grounds herein provided for until plats thereof, made upon actual survey for the dehnite location of such road, and including the points for station buildings, delpots, machine sho s, side tracks, turn-outs, and water stations, sha be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, which approval shall be made in writ- soon-om·y or me iuing and be open for the inspection of any party interested therein, {*g_°$,‘,gj‘PP'°'°‘°°“‘ _ and until the compensation agreed on has been paid; and the surveys, l construction, and operation of such railroad shall be conducted with due regard for the rights of the Indians and in accordance with such