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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 123. 1917. 94] Be nin at the int of intersection of t ‘ - nseupam, line 0%-The great Norrtliern Railwa with the eailslls ll.ii.1;SbIfttli;g1i1$hvl:;¤il; quarter of the northeast quarter ofysaid section fourteen, which point is seventiyfive feet distant northerly at right angles from the center line of sa1 Great Northern Railway as the same is now constructed over s_a1d section; thence westerlyin a straight line to a int on the west line of said quarterguarter section which is two hungged and seventy- five feet distant nort erly at right angles from said center line · thence southwesterly parallel with said center line to an intersection with the south line of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said section fourteen; thence westerly along said south line to the west lme of said section fourteen; thence westerl alo the east and west tpliarter quarter section line in the north half, of 5::1:% section fifteen, to t e northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said section fifteen; thence south along the west line of said quarter quarter section one thousand one hundred and seventy feet; thence southwesterly eight hundred and fifty feet to a point on the present northerly r1ght-of-way line of the said Great Northern Railway, which pomt is one hundred feet distant northerly at right angles from the center line of said railway as the same is now construetedthence northeasterly parallel with said center line to the north and south quarter section line of said section fifteen; thence southerly along said uarter line to a point seventy-five feet distant northerly at right angles from the said center line; thence northeasterly parallel with said center line to the place of beginning, containing ninety-four and fifteen one-hundredths acres, more or less. The said center line of railway is a tangent intersecting the east line of section fomteen, three hundred an sixty-Eve an seven-tenths feet south of the northeast corner thereof, the east line of section fifteen, nine hundred and five and eighth-tenths feet north of the east quarter corner and the west line of section fifteen, four hundred and sixty-six and eightrtenths feet south of the west quarter corner. Sec. 3. That upon appraising the said lands the Secretary of the S*`*'° °"°'°¤’¥"°*’“- Interior is authorized and directed to sell and convey the same to the Great Northern Railway Company, a corporation of the State of Minnesota, and owning an operating lines of railway in the State of Montana and other States, for division terminal yards and other p“_m__m if Md, railwa purposes, upon such terms as he may deem advisable. If maxima. W the sale of an of the lands described in section two hereof shall include the whole or any part of the allotment of an individual Indian, the purchase price of such allotted land shall be p:1d_to such Indian, sub`ect to the control of the Secretary of the tenor as to the funds oi incompetent Indians. _ _ _ M _ Sec. 4. That the appraisal of the lands described in section one of ,,.,l§yfn*‘;,,0,*§,§§}"'°‘ this Act shall take into consideration the estimated cost_per acre for the construction of irrigation works for the Milk River irrigation De _ _ I project, and in no event s all be less than the actual market_value P,,,m"°‘_ “‘“‘“"°“ ° of said land and the estimated cost per acre for the construction of R_ ts { W I said irrigation project. The convgipances for the lands described d,,,,,,"§' _,,‘g_,;§,£ above in sections one and two sh reserve to the United States and its successors in interest right of way for canals or ditches heretofore or hereafter constructs thereon, and the railwag comapgny shall construct at its own expense any crossings of said can _ or ditches which may be necessary for its purposes, and such crossmgs shall be built an maintained in such a manner as not to interfere with the operations of said canals or ditches by the United States or its successors in interest, and such conveyances shall be subject to any prior valid rights of way. Approved February 26, 1917.