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 490 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 169, 170. 1893. to the provisions of the Indian intercourse laws and such rules and regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with said intercourse laws. I·i¤i2¤¤<»¤- Sec. 8. That the United States circuit and district Court for the western district of Arkansas, and such other Courts as may be authorized by Congress, shall have, without reference to the amount in con- Jurisdiction. troversy, concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between said Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company and the nations  tribes through whose territory said railroad shall be constructed. Said Courts shall have like jurisdiction, without reference to the amount in controversy, in all controversies arising between the inhabitants of said nations or tribes and said railroad Company; and the civil jurisdiction of said courts is hereby extended within 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. Commencement ssa Sec. 9. That said railroad Company shall build at least fifty miles °°‘“l""“°“· of its railroad in said Territory within three years after the passage of this act and complete main line of the same within one year thereafter, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not Crossings, sw. built. That said railroad company shall construct and maintain contin~ · ually all fence, road, and highway crossings, and necessary bridges over said raih·oad whenever said roads and highways do now or may hereafter cross said railroad’s right of way or may be by the proper authorities laid out across the same. csmuuss of swept- Sec. 10, That the said Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad “‘“°· Company shall accept this right of way upon the express condition, binding upon itself, its successors, and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist in any eifort looking towards the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their lands, and will not attempt to secure from the Indian nations any further grant of land $;°·>::_s¤·0n to form, or its occupancy than is hereinbefore provided: Provided, That any ' violation of the conditions mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railroad company under this act. Byrd °f ¤¤¤¤· Sec. 11. That all mortgages executed by said railroad Company congagveying any portion of its railroad, with the franchises, that may be constructed 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 property of said company as therein expressed. , Amssamsneses. Sec. 12. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this act, and the right of way herein and hereby granted shall not be assigned .iss1g¤¤.s¤c,sw. or transferred in any form whatever prior to the construction and completion of the road, except as to mortgage or other liens that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof. Approved, February 27, 1893. l"<·b¤¤¤¤¤‘y 27. 1893· CHAP. 1’lO.—An act to amend the charter of the Brightwooel Railway Com- "““‘;""‘_ puny of the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United bfistricc of Colm- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Brightwood Railway ‘g,,gh,w,,,,d MH, Company of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to construct, branch trolley mis. power, a branch line of road and to run its cars thereon through and along the following-named roads or streets in the District of Columbia: noses. Beginning at the intersection of the Rock Creek Church road and Richmond street, in the subdivision of Petworth, and running thence
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