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 44 FIFTY FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Gus. 40-42. 1896. to which proof is to be prescribed or before an officer designated by the Act of May twentysixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, within the county in which the land is situated; but such claimant may have his vumpicu or her personal evidence taken by :1 United States court commissioner or u clerk of any court of record under Koh rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescri Approved, March 4, 1896. cg.; ... en tled "A.n Act to ant to the Gaines- ville, M Aa:’n<¢cgaiIi;t·iT::ig   Company a right arf way through the 11 an ern ry." ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represemtatiocg of the United Iredim T·¤¤*•¤’s·· States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section 3 nine of the Act. entitled “An Act to gmut to the G3ll18SV1]l6,MCA]6Sp€P WM 9*-i·°¤*•B*“· and Saint Louis Railroad Company a right of way through the Indian 31.°dc°m°mym°°d` Territ0ry," approved March iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, w°1,,°‘°‘,}'b‘l°*· be, and the same hereby are, extended for :1 further period of three years. rmi:. n rm S20. 2. That section one of said Act be so amended as to make the S‘““"· *"°" city of Fort Smith the terminus of said road on the western border of the Suite of Arkansas. Sec. 3. That section two of said Act be amended to read as follows: m;,,,,;..,-_ “Sm:. 8. That a right of way of one hundred feet in width through W¤·***·¤*¤¤•*· M- said Indian Territ¤·ry is hereby granted to the Gainesville, MGA1C8h0T and Saint Louis Railway Company and a strip of land one hundred feet - in width, with a length of two thousand feet in addition to the right of way is grsiuted for such stintions as may be es31.lnln=hed, but suehhgranlé shall be a lowed but once or every ten m es. e road, no po on o which shall be sold or leased by the eougmny, with thélright to uga such additional unda where there are eavy cuts or s us may e necessary Ear thergonstruction and maintenance of the roadbed, not exceeding fifty feet in width on eoch slide of said right of way, or as mmm. much thereof as may be included 1D said cut or fill: Promded, That no ¤¤*¤*`°* °*•°i°¤¤· more than said addition of land shall be taken for any one station: Reverniomew. Provided further, That no part of the lands herein granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad, telegraph, mid telephone line, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be so used such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall have been taken." s¤»»my»r1¤¤m»»- SEO. 4. That section six of said Act be amended by striking out all ‘°$§ff,‘.}f';_§§‘*’· °"‘ after the word •*Provided," and inserting the Rnllowing: •*'1‘hat n, map of definite location showing the entire route of said road through the Indian Territory shall be tiled and approved by the Secretary of the Interior before any part of the said road shall be constructed." Approved, March 4, 1896. Much 6, 1896. CHAP. 42.-An Act Granting no the Columbia and  Mountain Railway Com· —-·——··—··—~#——— pany a riglitfof ivgyrtgrciggheghe Colville Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, ana or o,. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenfatéws of 1he United Cnhunbin myd Bod States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, g§‘}}‘l';*§,‘§',yR“':a:{c§ granted to the Columbia and Red Mountain Railway Company, a. corr¤s1¤¤ ¤ftv·y`§·>1;i11¤ poration organized under the laws of the State of Washiiigton, :1. right R°°°"° '°°' as ‘ of way to the extent of one hundred feet on each side of the center line of said railway across the Colville Indian Reservation, in the State of I·¤¢•¤¤¤·¤*<>· Washington, commencing at a point at or near the Little Dalles on the Columbia River., in Stevens County, in said State, and running thence in s. northerly direction by the most feasible route to the international boundary line between the United Stan-s and British Columbia, together