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Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904.
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| Chap. 500 | Kansas, Oklahoma, and Gulf Railway granted right of way through Chilocco Indian Reservation, Oklahoma. |
| Chap. 500 | Provisos. Restriction on use of land; reversion. |
| Chap. 500 | Filing of map of definite location. |
| Chap. 500 | —approval of. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a right of way one hundred feet in width through the Chilocco Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Oklahoma, is hereby granted to the Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company, a railway corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of said Territory; and also is hereby granted to said company, where there are heavy cuts or fills, the right to use such additional grounds as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed, not exceeding fifty feet in width on each side of the said right of way, or so much thereof as shall be included in the cuts or fills: Provided, That no part of the lands herein granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railway and telegraph and telephone lines, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be used for such purposes the same shall revert to the United States: And provided further, That a map of definite location, showing the entire route of said railway through the 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.
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