492 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cas. 499, 500. 1898. dollars shall be forfeited to the District of Columbia, and this Act shall be void. \i~rs1g;1l¤~¤W¤1¤- Sec. 6. That the power to institute condemnation proceedings con- 1]%., ,,,";{;um, ferred upon the Maryland and Washington Railway Company by section °•*¤'•*¤,,¤;:::,:ug'{°· twenty-four of the jointresolntion entitled “A joint resolution to extend » ` the charter of the Maryland and Washington Railway Company," vo1.28.1»·¤¤¤· approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, continued in force one year from the passage of this Act. ,,f¤°’;*.}lW'°*¤”°“¤· Sec. 7. That on and after twelve months from the passage of this ` Act the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company shall pay to the District of Columbia, in addition to all other taxes now required to be paid by the said Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company, thelmibm of fiftygcglars for each and every day thereafter until said road _ sha comple . · _ $$8 °*'*'“' Sec. 8. That nothing herein shall be construed to relieve any of the corporations herein mentioned from any just liability nor to in any · manner afect anytyalidfsglbsisting claim of any creditor. against said . corporations, or e' er o em. m?vhn_gsa¢s=5¤:r•$ $1;;; 9, iiglhatztgp tltockington gd Soldiers; HomedR§il;va5;) Company is many. here an ori c angei name to ‘ity an n ur an Railwa of Washington by a majority vote of its stockholders, such change tb ` become operative when a certincate of the action of the stockholders shall have been recorded in the oiliee of the recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia; such certificate tobe signed by the president, attested by the secretary, and the corporate seal to be attached thereto. A¤¤¤¤¤¤·¤*· HISEX. é0. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal is c . Approved, June 27, 1898. ‘ ·7¤¤¤ 27.1898- CHAP. 500.-An Act To authorize the Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Chilocco Indian Reservation, erntory of Oklahoma, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United m§¤¤=g:if 0g3h?:; State: of Ayneriea in Congress assembled, That a right of way one hun- Tmm rgght or way dred_ feet in width through the Chilocco Indian Reservation, in the 3,Lj¤gl·°8;¤;Q>*;°&}:· Territory of Oklahoma, is hereby granted to the Kansas, Oklahoma and okauomt. ’ Gulf Railway Company, a railway corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of said Territory; and also is hereby granted te:] comprny, whiere there lags heavy cuts or tills, the right o use suc itiona groun s as ma necessarv for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed, not, exceeding fifty feet in width on P 830:] dsége oghthe said igght of way, orr so much thereof as shall be review- inc u in e cuts or l s: rovided hat no art of the lan '
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only as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railway and telegraph and telephone lines, and when any _ V portion thereof shall cease to be used for uch purnoses the same shall d€§;1i;;__¤l0gj_,i_j¤ljjr· ¤f revert to the United States: And provided jnrther, That a map of definite location, showing the entire route of said railway through the —»;»p¤»m cf. said Indian reservation, shall be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior before any part of the said railway shall be constructed through or into said reservation. Approved, June 27, 1898.
