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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1248. 1890. 635 have the right to survey and locate its railway immediately after the passage of this act. Sec. 6. That said company shall cause maps, showing the route of M¤v¤¤¤b¤¤1<=¤- its located line through said Territo, to be Bled in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and also tdlie Bled in the office of the principal chief of the nations or tribes through whose lands said rai way may be located, and after Bling said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown by said maps shall be vali as against said company: Provided, That when nemo. _ a map showing any ortion of said railway com any’s located line is Gl¤¤ii¤z w 1>¤¤ Bled as herein provided for, said company shallpcommence grading mag, °°° y m" said located line within one year thereafter, or said location shall be void, and said location shal be approved by the Secretary of the immcn to be mst Interior in sections of twenty-Bve miles before construction of any ""'°'°“· such section shall be begun. Sec. 7. That the officers, servants, and employees of said com any Emglpiyws. em., necessary to the construction and management of sail road shall be $2,*; °° °“"gh°° allowed to reside while so engaged upon said right of way, but subject to the provisions of the In ian intercourse laws, and such rules and regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Interior ‘ in accordance with said intercourse laws. Sec. 8. That the United States circuit and district courts for the Litisviou- Indian Territoq, and such other courts as may be authorized by Congress, shall ave, without reference to the amount in controversy, _ _ concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between said ,,,,‘],§‘.Q“"'°"°“ °' Sherman and Northwestern Railway Company and the nations or tribes through whose territory said railway company shall construct its lines; said court shall have like 'urisdiction, without reference to the amount in controversy, over all controversies arising between the inhabitants of said nation or tribe and said railway company, and the civil jurisdiction of said courts is hereby extended withm the limits of said Indian Territory, without distinction as to citizenship of the parties, so far as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. V " Sec. 9. That the said railway company shall build at least one hun- comineucementmu dred miles of its railway in said Territory within three years after °°mPl°“°"‘ the passage of this act, and complete main line of the same within one year thereafter, or the right herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not built; that said railway companpshall construct _ and maintain continually all fences, roads, and hig way crossings cmsmgs. and necessary bridges over said railway whenever said roads and highwa s do now or may hereafter cross said rilwayjs right of way or maylne b the }proper authorities laid out across the same. · Sec. 10. 'Ilhat the said Sherman and Northwestern Railway Com- commons: accept pany shall accept this right of way upon the express condition, bind- “*°° ing upon itself, its successors and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist in any effort looking toward the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the ndians in their lands, and will not attempt to secure from the Indian nation any further grant of lands or its occupancy than is hereinbefore provided: Provided, hmm. That any violation of the conditions mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all rights and privileges of said railway rm-mum. company under this act. Sno, 11. That all mortgages executed by said company conveying 1,,,,,,,,, 0, ,,,0,,, any portion of its railway, with the franchises, that may be con- s¤s¤¤- structed in said Indian Territory shall be recorded in the Department of the Interior, and the record thereof shall be evidence and notice of their execution, and shall convey all rights and properties of said company as therein expressed. Sec. 12. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal A.me¤amem,ae. this act, and the right of way herein and hereby granted shall not.