FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 103, 104. 1898. 347 Sec. 5. That no claims shall be allowed u11der the provisions of this {Tim;} {Or presum- Act which shall not be presented within two years after the date of its wu ° ° mms" assa e. P Sm? 6. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, author- t iifrpvvai of remains ized, whenever in his discretion it may be deemed practicable and ° r mgm"' expedient, to cause the remains of all or any of those who perished in consequence of said disaster to be removed to the United States cemetery at Arlingtonz Provided, That the relatives of any of such deceased Iirvwv- t is h officers and others mentioned in this Act who prefer that the remains " °"°°° ° °" "°‘ of such be taken to their homes within the United States shall have such privilege extended to them, and the expense thereof shall be borne by the United States; and the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out ' the provisions of this section. . Approved, March 30, 1898. CHAP. 104.-—An Act Authorizing the Nebraska, Kansas and Gulf Railway Com- March 30, 1898. pany to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other ""j`* p\]I'p0SOS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Nebraska, Kansas au§°*’{g§}{p· R§gQj;¤ and Gulf Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue may immi, sa., mai? of the laws of the State of Kansas, be, and the same is hereby, invested gg l‘§,‘f(,‘h}`,‘{;‘,§},‘0f,j‘,, · and empowered withthe right of locating, constructing, owning, equip- Tmiwries. ping, operating, using, and maintaining a railway, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian and Oklahoma Territories, beginning at L°°·**i°¤- a point to be selected by said railway company along the south line of the county of Harper, State of Kansas, and running thence in a south and southeasterly direction, by way of Kingilsher, over the most practicable route, through tbe Indian Territory and the Territory of Oklahoma, to a point at or near Denison, State of Texas, thence to the city of Galveston, said State, with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turn-outs, sidings, and extensions as said company may deem it to their interest to construct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds herein provided tor. Sec. 2. That said corporation is authorized to take and use for all Right <>fw¤1‘· purposes of a railway and telegraph and telephone line, and for no other purpose, a right of way one hundred feet in width through the said —wi·i¤¤· Territories for the said Nebraska, Kansas and Gulf Railway Company, the same to be hfty feet on either side of the track of said railway from the center thereof, and, in addition to the above right of way, to take Leml M ¤*¤¤°¤¤· and use a strip of land one hundred feet in width, with a length of two thousand feet, for stations at such points as the said railway company may deem to their interest to erect, with the right to use such addi- —¤ddiri<m=¤1. tional grounds, where there are heavy cuts or fills, as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed and track, not exceeding fifty feet in width on each side of the said right of way, or as much thereof as may he included in said cut or till: Provided, That no Prv=;~¤·s··»· more than said addition of land shall be taken for any one station: L"`"' Provided further, That no part of the lands herein authorized tobe I I-3;*,*}* Q"? te*§u;;° taken shall be leased or sold by the company, and they shall not be slide ’mS m ' used except in such manner and for such purposes only as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad, telegraph, and telephone lines; and when any portion thereof shall ·’°‘"°”i°“· cease to be so used such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of · Indians, or individual Indians, from which the same shall have been taken. ~ Sec. 3. That before said railway and telegraph and telephone line D““"°g°‘ shall be constructed through any lands held by individual occupants,
