Chapter 556.
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CHAP. 556.— An act granting to the Missoula and Northern Railroad Company the rig]it of way through the Flathead Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana.March 3, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Missoula and Northern Railroad Company granted right of way through Flathead Indian Reservation, Mont. That the right of way is hereby granted, as hereinafter set forth, to the Missoula and Northern Railroad Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Montana, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of its railroad through the lands set apart for the use of the Flathead Indians, commonly known as the Flathead Indian Reservation, said railroad line beginning at a point at or nearLocation. the mouth of Jocko River, on the Northern Pacific Railroad, in the county of Missoula.
State of Montana, and running thence by the most practicable route to the northern line of the said State of Montana, and more particularly described, as far as extending through said Indian reservation, as beginning at or near the aforesaid mouth of Jocko River, and running thence in a northerly direction to the southerly end of Flathead Lake, and thence by the most practicable route, either to the east or west of said lake, in a northerly direction to the said northern boundary of Montana.
Sec. 2. That the right of way hereby granted to said railroad CompanyWidth. shall be seventy-five feet in width on each side of the central line of said railroad as aforesaid, and said company shall also have the right to take from lands adjacent to the line of said road material, stone, earth, and timber necessary for the construction thereof; also ground adjacent to said right of way for station buildings, depots,Stations, etc. machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, not to exceed in amount three hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, to the extent of one station for each ten miles of said road.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior toCompensation. agree with the Flathead and Confederated tribes on the compensation to be paid them for such right of way. and the time and manner for the payment thereof, but no right of-way of any kind shall vest in said railroad company in or to any part of the right of way or station grounds herein provided for until plats thereof, made upon actual survey for the definite location of such road, and including the points for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, shall be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, which approval shall be made in writingSecretary of the Interior to approve location, etc. and be open for the inspection of any party interested therein, and until the compensation agreed on has been paid; and the surveys, construction, and operation of such railroad shall be conducted with due regard for the rights of the Indians and in accordance with such 1092FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Chs. 556, 557. 1891. rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may make to *Provisos*. Completion.carry out the provisions of this act: *Provided*, That the right of way herein granted shall be lost and forfeited by said company unless the road is constructed and in running order through said reservation within three years from the passage of this act: *Provided further*, Station at Flathead Lake.That when said railroad shall have been constructed to the south end of said Flathead Lake said company may establish a temporary terminal station on the shore of said lake, on grounds not exceeding three thousand feet square, and, pending completion of said railroad, may utilize the waters of said Flathead Lake for transportation purposes.
Sec. 4. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repealAmendment, etc. this act. Approved, March 3, 1891.