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Show i A11 maps presented for approval should be drawn on tracing-linen, the scale not leas than '2,000 feet to the inch, and abould be filed in duplicate. i . These requirements follow, as far as practicable, the published regu-la, tions governing the practice of the Qcneral Land Office with regard . . to railways over the public lands, and they are, of course, subject to modification by any special provisions in a right-of-way act. , Since the date of the last annual report Congress has made the fol-lowing grants to railroads across Indian lands: GRANTS SINCE LAST ANNUAL REPORT. COLVILLE REHERVATION, WASUIXGTON. Spokane Falk and Nortliern Railway.-The act of Nay 8,1890 [26 ' . Stilt., 102, and page 385 of this report], grants right of way from a point . . OII the Columbia River at or near Kettle Falls, in the northeastern por-tion of the State of Washington, runniog thence in a ilorthwesterly direction by the moat practicable roule through said reservation. The second section of the act provides that the company shall ol~tain . . the couseut of the Indians in a manner sat is factor^ to the President of the United States, and section 6 authorizes it to enter upon thereserra-tion at once for the purpose of surveying and locating its line. No maps of definite location have Set been filed, and no action has been taken to procure the required consent of the Indians. INDIAN AND OKLAEOMA TERRITORIES. Galena, Gutl~rie and Western. Railway.-The act of Congress ap. . proved June 21,1890 [26 Stat., 170, and page389 of this report], grants right of way from a point on the south line of the State of Kansas, in Cherokee County, by the most practicable route throng11 these Terri-tories to a ~ o i n to n the west line of Oklahoma Territory, at or near Quthrie and Kingfisher or Lisbon. I have no informatioo that the com-pany has as Set complied with the conditions imposea by the act. Eansas City and Paoi$o Railway.-The act approved March 28,1890 [26 Stat., 32, ancl page 371 of this reportJ, extended the provisions of the act of May 4.1888 (26 Stats., p. 140), which granted the right of way through the Indian Territory for this railway, so that the company has until May 14, 1892, to lay the first one hundred miles, and two Sears more for the remainder. Pittsburgh, Columbus and Fort #?nitW RaiZtcay.-The act of June 30, 1890 [26 Stat., 184, and page 391 of this report], grants right of way from a point on the south line of Eansas, in Cherokee wunty, through the Indian Territory by nay of a point at or near Afton and Tahlequah, to a point on the Arkansas River near Fort Smith, Arkansas. NO steps have as get been taken by the company to comply with the conditions of the act. MILLE LAC REHERVATION, WISCONSIN. Little FaZk, Mille Lac amd Lake 8wperior Rai11ca.y.-The act of July 22,1890 [a6 Stat., 2901, granting the right of way requires, as a oondi- |
