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 912 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 224, 225. 1899. be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy: And provided further, K°i¤·°¤¤¤¤·•=·¤* °f That said company shall reimburse the residents of said reservation for fii$dE.'i¤°$.°i:¤§:s°?"°` any damages to their property or tenements caused by the construction, excavation, or operation of said road, such damage in all cases to Completion of ¤¤¤- beflxed by the said board: And providedfurther, That the right of way “°'“°"°“‘ and other privileges granted in this section shall be subiect to the regulation and control of the said Secretaries, and shall be inoperative, null, and void unless the said railroad company shall complete the construction of andfhsiilve in use its tracks within five years from the date of the assave o t is ct. Authority :.0 is- Sno? 3. That the Secretaries of the Navy and Wa1·, at any time they “‘°"° “"“°‘“'°“‘°'°‘ shall deem it necessary for the public good, may cause to be removed or destroyed all or any of the tracks, embankments or other structures hereby permitted on the naval and military reservations near Pensacola, Florida, without liability for damages; and the said company shall not erect or allow the use of any residences on said reservation, nor shall it erect any structures of any kind thereon except such as the Secretaries of th? Nagiyband War shall approve; and all approvals in this Act require sha e in wriiung. Amendment- Sec. 4. That Congress expressly reserves the right to alter, amend, . or repeal this Act, in whole or in part, without any liability on the part of the United States for any damages or losses sustained by said company. Approved, February 28, 1899. February 28, 1800. CHAP. 225.-An Act Authorizing the Sioux City and Omaha Railway Company W 3* '&*’i1‘3££.f’£>‘3‘l.1’§"T¤‘$’t‘}§$‘éL'2.€.ilf,‘L“.§‘i.}E`f..€’r'i?2£‘;‘L““ “"““°'°°“° R°“°”'““°“’ 1 ) • ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House M Representatives of the United sis uz c_1 t { ua States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Sioux City and Omaha g,§Q,‘},}},“,,;,]§‘,f»'$,‘§,§ Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws w·;s¤l;a;:)¤·m·;€:`ya:} of the State ot Nebraska, be, and the same is hereby, authorized and m,,,_ gab; invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, owning, equipping and operating, using and maintaining a railway and telegraph and telephone line through the Omaha and Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska, beginning at a point to be selected by aid railway company at or near the town of Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska, and running thence in a northerly and westerly direction, over the most practicable and feasibleroute, through the Omaha and Winnebago Reservation, to a point on the north lineof the Omaha and Winnebago Reserve, in Thurston County, with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turn·outs, sidings, and extensions as said company may deem to its (iigerezts tocepstlfuct and magnsain along and upon the right of way an epo groun s erein provide or. Width- Sec. 2. That said corporation is authorized to take and use, for all purposes 0i a railway, for its main line and branch line, and tbr no other purpose, a right of way one hundred feet in width through said Omaha Béziipgizalsi ima for and Winnebago Reservation, and to take and use a strip of land two · ·· hundred ieet in width, with a length of three thousand feet, in addition to the right of way, for stations, for every ten miles of road, 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 pmaa. of Way, or as much thereof as may be included in said cut or till: Pro- -n¤m. veded, That no more than said addition of land shall be taken for any R.,,,m.,d ,,,,,_ one station: Provided further, That no part of the lands herein authorized to be taken shall he sold by the company, and they shall not be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as shall be _ necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railway, H¤v¤¤¤¤¤- telegraph, and telephone lines; and when any portion thereof shall