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 FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1375, 1376. 1902. 727 out any stipulation or· obligation to renew the same; but lea.ses for a period longer than one year for grazing purposes and for a period longer than five years for agricultural pu es and for mineral purposes_ may also be made with the approvlallobf the Secretary of the Interior and not otherwise. Any a reement or lease of any kind or Leases void. character violative of this section shall be absolutely void and not susceptible of ratification in any manner, and no rule of estoppel shall ever prevent the assertion of its invalidity. Cattle grazed upon leased Cattle grains on allotments shall not be liable to any tribal tax, but when cattle are lZ°§°m§“°°m°“°' ”°° introduced into the Cherokee Nation and grazed on lands not selected tegjfggg °° “¤¤ll<>*· as allotments by citizens the Secretary of the Interior shall collect ' from the owners thereof a reasonable grazing tax for the benefit of the tribe, and section twenty-one hundred and seventeen of the R·S··=°°-2¤"·v·¤7¤ ggviseél Sltptgges of the United States shall not hereafter apply to ero ee n . Sec. 73. The provisions of section thirteen of the Act of Con ress O“‘°' lends ¤¤d approved June twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, isllfzivigi of mm W entitled "An Act for the protection of the peo le of the Indian Terri- V°*·°°· P- **8- tory, and for other [;lurposes," shall not applly to or in any manner affect the lands or other property of said trrbe, and no Act of Congress or treag provision inconsistent with this agreement shall be in orce in said ation exec t sections fourteen and twenty-seven of said Lass-mengpned likcpt, which shall continue in force as if this agreement V°l· 3°· P- ‘”·°°* not en m e. Sec. 74. This Act shall not take effect or be of any validity until *'·“‘*“°°“°¤- ratified by a majority of the whole number of votes cast by the legal voters of the Cherokee Nation in the manner following: Sec. 75. The principal chief shall, within ten days after the passage E¤e¤¤e¤-, of this Act by Congress, make public proclamation that the same shall be voted upon at a special election to be held for that purpose within _ thirty days thereafter, on a certain date therein named, and he shall appoint such officers and make such other provisions as may be necessary for holding such election. The votes cast at such election shall be forthwith duly certified as required by Cherokee law, and the votes shall be counted by the Cherokee national council, if then in session, and if not in session the principal chief shall convene an extraordinary session for the purpose, in the presence of a member of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, and said member and the principal *"°°l¤¤°¤“°¤· chief shall jointly make certificate thereof and proclamation of the result, and transmit the same to the President of the United States. Approved, July 1, 1902. CHAP. 1876.-An Act For the suppremion of train robbery in the Territories of ‘l“l*` L 1°°’· the United States and elsewhere, and or other purposes. [rubric, No. 242.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States of Amertéa in Omagress aasembted, That if any person shall ·y,,T§g‘,;,,’,‘{b,§{$‘j*°“ i" willfully and maliciouslv trespass upon or enter upon any railroad train, railroad car, or railroad ocomotive, within any T€1‘Ylt0I')' of the United States, or any lace subject to the exclusive jurisdiction or control thereof, with the intent to commit murder, robbery, or any unlawful violence upon or against any passenger on said tram or car, or upon or against any engineer, conductor. fireman, brakeman, or any officer or employee connected with said locomotive, tram, or car, or upon or against any express messenger or mail agent on said train, or in any such car thereo, or to commit any crime or offense against any person or property thereon, such person shall be pun1shed_by P¤¤*•¤'¤°¤*- imprisonment not exceedingl twenty vears,_or by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or bot , at the discretion of the court.