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 7 50 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 224. 1893. States, to the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of nfteen dollars per annum for each mile of railway it shall construct through said lands. The money paid to the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this act shall be apportioned by him, in accordance with the laws and treaties now in force between the United States and said nations and tribes, according to the number of miles of railway that may be constructed by said railway company Taxation- through their lands: Provided, That Congress shall have the right, so long as said lands are occupied and possessed by said nations and tribes, to impose such additional taxes upon said railroad as it may deem just and proper for their benetit; and any Territory or State hereafter formed, through which said railway shall have been established, may exercise the like power as to such part of said railway as S¤¤¤y·¤*<=· may lie within its limits. Said railway company shall have the right to survey and locate its railway immediately after the passage of this act. Maps to be mea. Sec. 6. That said company shall cause maps showing the route of its located lines through said Territories to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and also to be filed in the office of the principal chief of each of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located; and after the tiling of said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown P*¤¤f·¤·>•· _ by said maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That, m§1;“g}“!§1;’,_b°gm °“ when a map showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is tiled as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said located line within six months thereafter, or such location shall be be void; and said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in sections of twenty-five miles before construction of any such section shall be begun. , _h}¤;·;x2<>g¤•;;—t rgpgvge Sec. 7. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company g y` necessary to the construction and management of said road shall be allowed toreside, while so engaged, upon such right of way, but subject 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. ·""“‘**°**°“· Sec. 8. That the United States circuit and district courts for the western district of Arkansas and the northern district of Texas, and such other courts as may be authorized by Congress, shall have, without reference to the amount in controversy, concurrent jurisdiction over V all controversies arising between said [nteroceanic Railway Company and the nations and tribes through whose territory said railway shall be constructed. Said courts shall have like jurisdiction, without reference to the amount in controversy, over all controversies arising between the inhabitants of said nations or tribes and said railway company; and the civil jurisdiction of said courts is hereby extended within the limits of said Indian Territory, without distinction as to citizenship 0; parties, so tar as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of t is act. '!*>¤·*r¤<>**¤¤· Sec. 9. That said railway company shall build at least fifty miles of its railway in said Territory within three years after the passage of this act, and complete the main line of the same within said Territory within three years thereafter. or the rights herein granted shall be forteited as to that portion not built; that said railway company shall c0n— <‘r·>s=¤i¤zs.¤¢¤· struct and maintain continually all road and highway crossings and necessary bridges over said railway wherever said roads and highways ‘ do now or may hereafter cross said railway’s right of way or may be by the proper authorities laid out across the same. cuudam of accept- Sec. 10. That the said [nteroceanic Railway 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 eftort looking towards the changing or extinguishing of the present tenure of the Indians in their land, and will not attempt to secure