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 42 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 38, 39. 1896. and damages sustained by them by reason of the construction of the road; but no right of any kind shall vest in said railway company to any portion of said right of way passing over or through any such allotted lands until the mmpensation herein provided for shall be fixed and aid. mm.; maps Snltv. 6. Than said railway company shall cause maps, showing route of its located line through said Territory, to be filed in the office of tho Secretary of the Interior, and also to be tiled in the office of the principal chief of the Choctaw Nation; and after the filing of said maps no claim for subsequent settlement or improvements of right of way rms". _ shown by said maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, C°""“°“"“’¥ "°"*‘· That amap when showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is Bled as herein provided for, said company shhll commence grading said located line within six months thereafter or such location shall _ be void as to any occupant thereof 0mEr‘{gQ{_}°;‘:;,f°"°° Sec. 7. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company necessary to the construction, operation, and management of said rai1· way and telegraph and telephone lines shall be allowed to reside,while so engaged, upon the 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 such intercourse laws. w2_•:{Q;n°°°¤°* nd SRG. 8. That said railway company shall build and complete its said ' railway within three years ation- the passage of this Act, or this grant shall be forfeited; that said railway company shall construct 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 milwayls right of way, or may be by the proper ~ authorities laid out across the same. <><»¤·¤¤i¤¤¤·•f··=¤¤1¤· Sim. 9. That the Fort Smith and Western Coal Railroad Company °°°°` shall accept this right of way upon the expressed condmion, binding upon itself, its successors and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, or assist toward any eftbrt looking to the changing of or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their lands, and will not attempt to secure from the Indians for the purposes of said railway any further grant of land, or its occupancy, than herein provided, except for the $;:1·;i3¤_·;m0 to dm purpose of mining coal: Provided, That any violation of the conditions Vnamed in this section shall operate as :1 forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railway company under this Act: Provided further, m·}y1>£g;·';:i>gr$¤¢~· That the entire line of said road shall be surveyed and located and said ` location approved by the Secretary of the Interior before the work of construction shall commence. R¤wr·\·»f¤¤mz¤s¤··· Sec. 10. That all mortgages executed by said railway company conveying any portion of its railway, with its franchises, that may be constructed in the Indian Territory shall be recorded in the Department of the Interior, and ii record thereof shall be evidence and notice of their execution, and shall convoy all rights and property of said ' company as therein expressed. Am°¤d¤*°*'»°'*’· Sec. 11. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, or alter, or repeal this Act. Approved, March 2, 1896. March 2, 1896. CHAP. 39.——An Act To provide for the extension of the time within which suits "';"” may be brought to vacate and annul land patents, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represcntatiiz·es of the United P“"“° }“'}d*{- _ States ofAme·rica in Congress assembled, That suits by the United States ,0'ff,‘{‘_‘f,l§}},,§,‘},_‘,§§_‘f to vacate and annul any patent to lands heretofore erroneously issued g·r¤¤¤¤· under zi railroad or Wagon road grant shall only be brought within tive years from the passage of this Act. and suits to vacate and annul A patents hereafter ISSN6d shall only be brought within six years after V°"2°‘ "1°°"‘ the date of the issuance of such patents, and the limitation of section