Chapter 164. To authorize the Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through certain public lands, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 164.— An Act To authorize the Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through certain public lands, and for other purposes.June 10, 1912. [[H. R. 23837](/us/bill/62/hr/23837).] [[Public, No. 189](/us/pl/62/189).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian schools.Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railway Company granted right of way through lands of.
That the Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Oklahoma, be, and the same is hereby, empowered to survey, locate, construct, maintain, and operate a railway, telegraph and telephone lines through the following public lands reserved for Indian school purposes, to wit: The south-westDescription. quarter of section twenty-nine, township fourteen north, range twenty west of the Indian meridian, and the southeast quarter of section thirty, township fourteen north, range twenty west of the Indian meridian, in the State of Oklahoma, upon such line or lines as may be determined and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 2. That said corporation is authorized to occupy and use forWidth, etc. all purposes of railway, telegraph and telephone lines, and for no other purpose, a right of way one hundred feet in width through said public lands, reserved for Indian school purposes, with the right to use such additional ground where cuts and fills may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed and sidetracks, not exceeding one hundred and fifty feet in width, or as much thereof as may be included in said cut or fill: *Provided*, That no part of the land*Provisos*.Reversion for non-user. herein authorized to be occupied shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railway, telegraph and telephone lines; and when any portion thereof shall cease to be so used such portion 132Approval by Secretary of Interior.shall revert to the United States: *Provided further*, That before the said railway company shall be permitted to enter upon any part of said public lands a description by metes and bounds of the land herein authorized to be occupied or used shall be approved by the Secretary Payment, etc.of the Interior: *And provided further*, That the said railway company shall comply with such other regulations and conditions in the construction, maintenance, and operation of said road as may from time to time be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and pay for such right of way and side tracks the appraised value thereof, which shall be ascertained under such rules and regulations as shall be Proceeds for school.prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; and the proceeds therefrom shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the use and benefit of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian schools.
Sec. 3. Amendment, etc. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 10, 1912.