Chapter 26. to grant the Maricopa and Phœnix Railway Company of Arizona the right of way through the Gila River Indian Reservation
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CHAP. 26.— An Act to grant the Maricopa and Phœnix Railway Company of Arizona the right of way through the Gila River Indian Reservation.Jan. 17, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Maricopa and Phœnix Railway Company authorized to build railway, etc., line through Gila River Indian Reservation.Location. That the Maricopa and Phœnix Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona, be, and the said corporation is hereby, authorized, invested, and empowered with the right to locate, construct, own, equip, operate, use, and maintain a railway and telegraph and telephone line through the Indian reservation situated in the Territory of Arizona known as the Gila River Reservation, occupied by the Pima and Maricopa Indians, beginning at a point on the southerly line of said reservation where the track of the Maricopa and Phœnix Railway (said track being from a point at or near the track of the Southern Pacific Railroad at or near Maricopa Station to the city of Phœnix via Tempe) would strike said line, running thence in a northeasterly direction by the most practicable route to the northerly line of said reservation, with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turnouts, and Bidings as said company may deem it to their interest to construct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds hereby granted.
Sec. 2. That a right of way one hundred feet in width through said IndianRight of way. reservation is hereby granted to the said Maricopa and Phœnix Railway Company, and a strip of land two hundred feet in width, with a length of three thousand feet, in addition to said right of way, is granted for stations for every ten miles of road, no portion of which shall be sold or leased by the company, with the right to use such ad- 362ditional ground where there are heavy cuts or fills as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed, not exceeding one hundred feet in width on each side of said right of way, or as much *Provisos*.Stations.Land to be used only for railway, te., purposes.thereof as may be included in said cut or fill: *Provided*, That no more than said addition of land shall be taken for any one station: *Provided further*, That no part of the lands 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 railroad and telegraph and telephone lines; and when any portion thereof shall cease to be so used such portions shall revert to the tribe or tribes of Indians from which the same shall have been taken, or, in case they shall have ceased to occupy the same, to the United States: *And provided further*, That Consent of Indians to be obtained.before any such lands shall be, taken for the purposes aforesaid the consent of the Indians thereto shall be obtained in a manner satisfactory to the President of the United States.
Sec. 3. That before said railway shall be constructed through anyDamages. lands held by individual occupants according to the laws, customs, and usages of any of the Indian tribes through which it may be constructed, full compensation shall be made to such occupants for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of such railway, the amount of such compensation to be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, and to be subject to his final approval.
Sec. 4. That said company shall cause maps showing the route of itsMaps to be filed with Secretary of the Interior. located line through and station grounds upon said Indian reservation to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and that said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior before any grading or construction on any section or part of said located line shall be *Proviso*.Rights of Indians to be regarded.begun: *Provided*, That said railway shall be located and constructed with a due regard for the rights of the Indians, and especially so as not to interfere with their irrigating ditches.
Sec. 5. That the officers, servants, and employees of said companyEmployees to reside on right of way. necessary to the construction and management of said road shall be allowed to reside while so engaged upon said right of way upon the lands herein granted, but subject to the provisions of the Indian intercourse laws, and such rules and regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the said intercourse laws. Sec. 6. That said railway company shall have the right to survey andSurvey may begin immediately. locate its railway immediately after the passage of this act.
Sec. 7. That said railway' company shall build its entire line throughTo be completed within two years. said reservation within two years after the passage of this act, or this grant shall be forfeited as to that portion not built; and that said railwayFences, bridges, etc. company shall fence, and keep fenced, all such portions of its road as may run through any improved lands of the Indians, and also shall construct and maintain continually all road and highway crossings and necessary bridges over said railway wherever said roads and highways do now or may hereafter cross said railway’s right of way, or may be by the proper authorities laid out across the same.
Sec. 8. That said railway company shall prohibit the riding by IndiansIndians prohibited from riding. belonging to said reservation upon any of its trams, unless specially provided with passes signed by the Indian agent, or by someone duly authorized to act in his behalf. Sec. 9. That said railway company shall execute a bond to the UnitedBond to be executed and filed conditioned for payment of damages. States, to be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, for the use and benefit of the Pima and Maricopa tribes of Indians, conditioned for the due payment of any and all damages which may accrue by reason of the killing or maiming of any Indian belonging to said tribes, or either of them, or of their livestock, in the construction or operation of said railway, or by reason of tires originating thereby; the damages in all cases, in the event of failure by the railway company to effect an amicable settlement with the 363 parties in interest, to be recovered in any court of the Territory of ArizonaLitigation. having jurisdiction of the amount claimed, upon suitor action instituted by the proper United States attorney in the name of the United*Proviso*.Moneys recovered to be paid out under direction of Secretary of the Interior.
States: *Provided*, That all moneys so recovered by the. United States attorney under the provisions of this section shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States, to be placed to the credit of the particular Indian or Indians entitled to the same, and to be paid to him or them, or otherwise expended for his or their benefit, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 10. That the said Maricopa and Phoenix Railway Company shallCondition of acceptance. accept this right of way upon the expressed condition, binding upon itself, its successors and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist in any effort looking towards the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their land, and will not attempt to secure front the Indian tribes any further grant of land or its occupancy than is hereinbefore provided: *Provided*, That any violation of the condition*Proviso*.Violation to work forfeiture. mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railway company under this act.
Sec. 11. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, alter, or repealRight to amend, etc., reserved. this act. Sec. 12. That this act shall be in force from its passage.To take effect immediately. Approved, January 17, 1887.