The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-10-30
RAPID CITY, SOUTH THURSDAY OCTOBER 50 1890

Il lCOmpsNlles snail have made tile pay
rnents according to the terms Of said
agreements Tor each mile of right Of way
and each acre OF land fol railway pur.
poses, Which said companies take and
/ use under the provisions Of this act, and
shall s.Itisfy thescc,ctary Of the interior
to tha effect; provided further, that no
! part OF the lands herein authorized to be
taken hall bs sold or conveyed excepss
lsby way of sale OF, mort5age.l of the rail-
way itaelf. Nor shall any OF said lands
be used directly or indirectly for town
site purposes, it being theintention here
OF that said lands shall be held for gen
4 eIal railway uses and purposes only, In
cludlng stockyards, warehouses. eleva-
tors, terminal and other of and for said
railways; but nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent any such
railway company from building upon
such land houses for the accommodate
or residents OF their employees, or leas-
ling grounds contiguous toits tracks for
warehouses or elevator purposes con-
nected with said railways And provided
further, that said payments shall be
1 made end stsscss sorSiI lions performed
| WITHIN 81 mont alter this act takes
effect; and provided further, that said
railway companies and each OF them
shall, within nine months alter this act
takes effect, definitely locate their respec.
tive lines OF road, including al, station
grounds and terminals across and upon
the lands OF said reservation designated
in said agreements, and shall also, within
the said period OF nine months, file with
the secretary OF the interior o map Of
such definite location, specifying clearly
the line OF road that several station
grounds and the amount of land required
for railway purposes, as herein specified,
of the said separate sections Of land and
said tracts Of the hundred and eighty
eight aores, and the secretary Of the in
terror shall, within three months after
the filing OF such map, designate the par
ticular portions OF said S. etions and OF
said tracts OF land which the said rail
way companies respectively may take
and hold under the provisions OF this
act for railway purposes, And the said
railway companies, and each OF them,
shall, within three years after this act
! fakes effect, construct, complete aud put
in operation their said lines Of road;and
| in case thesaid lines OF road are not
definitely located AID maps OF location
filed within the periods herrinbcforc pro-
Ylded, or in case the said line of road are
not constructed, completed ana put in
operatian within the TING herein pro.
Flded, then, and in either case the lands
granted Tor right OF way, station
grounds, or other l,,ilway purposes, as
in this act provided, sia!!, without any
further act OF ceremony, DO declared by
proclamation Of the president forfeited
and shall, without entry or further ac-
ton on the part OF the United States, re-
vert to the United States and be subject
to entry under the old provisions OF this
acti and whenever such forfeiture occurs
the secretary OF the interior shall ascer.
! tain the fact and give due notice thereo
i 70 the local land officers, and thereupor
the land SO forfeited shall he open tc
homestead entry under the provisions
OF this act" etc.
1t will be observed from section 16 q
the act above quoted that the payment
provided in these agreements are to bt
, made by the company within six months
after the act takes effct and, in the first
proviso OF the section, the company is
required to make these payments anc
; ito satisfy the secretary Of the interior
to that effect" The oct took effect by
executive proclamation OF Febru,y 10
1890, and therefore the limit OF time
(six months) within these payments are
to be made has expired, but there is
nothing Of record in this office to show
that the company has complied witt!
this condition or that it has satisfied
the honorable secretary OF the interior
that such payments have been made as
required in the act.
Very respectfully,
| R.V. BELT,
Acting Commissioner.