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 112 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Siiss. Il. CHs. 138, 110. 1894. and secretary of state of the proposed State shall certify the election _ of the Senators and Representative in the manner required by law', and when such State is admitted into the Union as provided in this j;*“*”*°“ “’ "°“‘ Act, the Senators and Representative shall be entitled to be admitted grto seats in Congress, and to all rights and privileges of Senators and Representativesof other States in the Congress of the United States; ' and the State government formed in pursuance of said constitution, as provided by the constitutional convention, shall proceed to exercise Existxnglawn. all the functions of State officers; and all laws in force made by said Territory at the time of its admission into the Union shall be in force in said State, except as modified or changed by this Act or by the constitution of the State; and the laws of the United States shall have the same force and effect within the said State as elsewhere within the United States. 1¤¤pw1p¤>vi¤i<>¤· Sec. 20. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provi- 4 sions of this Act, whether passed by the legislature of said Territory or by Congress, are hereby repealed. Approved, July 16, 1894. July 18, 1894. CHAP. 140.-An Act Granting to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Rail- ——"‘;°"‘“‘ way Company the right of way through the White Earth, Leech Lake, Chippewa, - and Fond du Lac Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota. - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Saint Paul, Mime States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted "{£.;°{§$,“°o0°$.“£.b§ to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company, a ' ggggggfgg °§‘;_jc1k corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minrake, cnglpeém, and nesota, and its assigns, the right of way for the extension of its railf;*;§vjg0n:°}";;‘Ijf” road through the White Earth, Leech Lake, Chippewa, and Fond du ‘ Wim, ’ Lac Indian reservations in said State. Such right of way shall be ufty feet in width on each side of the central line of said railroad, with the right to use such additional ground where there are heavy cuts or iills as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed, not exceeding one hundred feet in width on each side of said right of way, or as much thereof as maybe included in said cut or till; also, isnalmngem. grounds adjacent to such right of way for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, to the extent of not exceeding two stations within the prawn. limits of each reservation: Provided, That no part of such lands herein Uselhnired- granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as are necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad line, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be used such portion shall revert to the tribe or band of Indians from which the same shall have been taken. 1>n¤»ge¤:¤i¤<1i»·l¤— Sec. 2. That before said railroad shall be constructed through any "‘““‘ land, claim, or improvement held by individual occupants, according to any treaties or laws of the United States, compensation, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be made to such occupant or claimant for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of said railroad. In case of failure to make satisfactory settlement with any such claimant, the just compensation shall be determined as provided for by the laws of Minnesota enacted l>··¤**>¤*·¤ *0 °*“**¤· for the settlement of like controversies in such cases. The amount of damages resulting to the tribes of Indians, in their tribal capacity, by reason of the construction of said railroad through such lands of the reservations as are not occupied in severalty, shall be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, mxyitvuvgggsogé and be subjectto his final approval; but no right of a11y kind shall plats,etc. vest in said railway company in or to any part of the right of way herein provided for until plats thereof, made upon actual survev for the definite location of such railroad, and including grounds for station