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 FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 286-288. 1891. 783 fail to begin operations hereunder, then the other arty shall suc- S¤<=•>¢¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤'isM¤· ceed to a l the rights and privileges herein granted, and may proceed under the terms hereof to construct and equip said bridge. Sec. 10. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and opemm. after its passage. Approved, February 2-1, 1891. CHAP. 287.-An act Iixin the salaries ofs' F¤b WL - States district courts at Eve theusand dollars pertggnsiimlml Judge of the Umm ·· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatioesgaqf the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the aries umm sum an of the several 'udges of the district courts of the United States T§,'j,°°""?l“‘*•'“`“* shall hereafter be at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum. nate. Approved, February 24, 1891. CHAP. 288.-An act to authorize the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway Febmary 24, 1891. to construct and operate additional lines of railway through the Indian Territory, ··———-————-~ and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 06 America in Congress assembled, That the Kansas Kansas mu umand Arkansas alle Railway, a co oration created under and by :5, lQ'},"u‘;{,u,Q,*f“;',c“Y virtue of the laws of}, the State of Arkansas, having been heretofore ¤~i<ll¢i¤¤¤1:{1¤;_•:)¤¤fr¤ii$ by act of Congress, approved June iirst, anno Domini eighteen hun- Hii1lAiiti8mmr'i·€he¢t;°` dred and eighty-six, authorized and empowered to construct and V°*·”*·P·"°· _ gperate a line of railway from the eastern boundary line of said erritory at or near Fort Smith to the northern boundary line of said Territor, with the right to construct and céperate a branch line throu h sai; Territory to Coifeyville, in the tate of Kansas, be, and the said Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, owning, equipping, operating, using, and maintaining in addition to the lines in said herein efore-recited act specified, the following lines of railway through the Indian Territory, together with a telegraph and telephone line, namely: A line beginning at the r.¤e¤.u¤¤_¤: one pa- , most suitable point on the present mam line of said railway at or f,",f,{°°“’ "‘““'“’ "”°· near Wagoner, in the Indian Territory, and thence running in a westerly and northwesterly direction by the most feasible an practicable route, passing through or near the town of Guthrie, in the Oklahoma country, and through or near Fort Supply military reservation to a point on the western boundary line of the Indian Territo . Also an additional or branch line, running from the most or mane:. suifiile point on the line last above described, in a southwesterly <lire·ction, and assing through or near Oklahoma City, and throng or near Fort R)eno military reservation, to a point on the western boundary line of the Indian Territory south of the point where the Canadian River crosses said boundary line ; also a line commencing or annum. at the most practicable point on the main line at or near Fort Gibson, and running thence in a southwesterly direction through the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw countries, either or all. of them, to a point on the southern boundary line of the Indian Territory, with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, smmgs, ac, turn-outs, and sidings as said company may deem it to its 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 Bfzhvofwnn purposes of a railway, and for no other purpose, a right of way one