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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ch. 82. 1896. 83 Said company shall also pay, so l011g as said Territor·ies are owned and A¤¤¤¤1¤¤¤=¤¤· occupied by the Indians, to the Secretary of the Interior the sum of fifteen dollars per annum for each mile of railway it shall construct in the said Territories. The money paid to the Secretary of the Interior APP°’”*°“'“°”‘· under the provisions of this Act shall be apportioned by him in accordance with the laws and treaties now in force among the different nations and tribes according to the number of miles of railway that may be constructed by said railway company through their lands: Provided, _ _ That Congress shall have the right, so long as said lands are occupied “"“*'°"· and possessed by said nations or tribes, to impose such additional taxes upon said railway as it may deem just and proper for their benefit; 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 may lie within its limits. Said railway company S¤¤’<¤¥»¤¤=- shall have the right to survey and locate its railway immediately after the passage of this Act: Provided further, That a map showing the Mapentire line of the road in the Indian Territory shall be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior before the work of con struction shall commence, Sec. 6. That said company shall cause maps showing the route of its M=¤1>¤ tv be Mdlocated lines through said Territories to be nled in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and also to be filed in the office of the principal chiefs of each of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located; and after the filing of said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown by said maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That when a €¤>¤£¤<>— map showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is filed Fa ug` as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said located line within six mon ths thereafter, or such location shall be void; and said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in A1>I>¤>v·*<l· sections of twenty-five miles before construction of any such section shall be begun. Sec. 7. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company s,£‘§‘,§}‘;§_;,'jQ ,};.‘j‘$,_5f°‘ necessary to the construction and management of said railway shall be ` allowed to reside, 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 said railway company shall build at least fifty miles of c0f1’]‘;;;'{;f];°*”*°¤” mm its railway in said Territory within three years after the passage of this ' Act, and complete the remainder thereof within five years thereafter, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not. built; that said railway company shall construct and maintain continually all fences, road and highway crossings, and necessary bridges F°¤°¤¤»°*·*- 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. SEO. 9. That the said Saint Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway “Q:°di“°” °*` °°°°P*· 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 effort looking toward the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their lands, and will not attempt to secure from the Indian nations or tribes anyfurther grant of land or its occupancy than is hereinbeiore provided tor; Pro- gggfgyén to forfeit lrided, That any violation of the conditions mentioned in this section` shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railway company under this Act. Sec. 10. That all mortgages executed by said railway company, con- aR_;¢¤r•1 vf mortveying any portion of its railway, with its franchises, that may be con- g g ' structed in said Indian Territory and Oklahoma 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.