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Show REPORT OF THE COWMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIR& 81 Ban Carlos Resemation, Arb.-Four grazing permits, each for the period of one year from April 1,1900, described as follows: TABLE25 .-Leases on San Carlos Resmation. J.H.Hampson ..................................................................... Jno. W.Ma%tfce. ................................................................... J.H.Porter ......................................................................... B.E. Park ......................................................................... WO I TELEPHONE LINES ACROSS RESERVATIONS. By act of Congress of June 6, 1900 (31 Stats., 658, and p. 533 of this report), the Seneca Telephone Company was authorized and empowered to construct and maintain telephone lines from Seneca, in the State of Missouri, to the Quapaw Agency, and to Wyandotte, Grand River, Fairland, Osenma, Afton, and Vinita, in the Indian Territory, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and to be approved by him, provided that cities and towns into or through which such telephone lines may be constructed shall have the power to regulate the manner of construction therein, and the com-pany shall be subject to such municipal and Territorial taxation as may be provided for by law. I RAILROADS ACROSS RESERVATIONS. In the last annual report (page 63) the office spoke of the importance of the general right-of-way act approved March 2, 1899, which grants right of way for the construction of a railway, telegraph, and tele-phone line through any Indian reservation, or through lands held by any Indian tribes or nations in the Indian Territory, or through any lands reserved for an Indian agency, or for other purposes in connec-tion with the Indian service, to any railroad company duly organized under the laws of the United States or of any State or Territory which shall comply with the provisions of the act and with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed thereunder (30 Stats., 990). The act provides that the right of way shall not exceed 50 feet in width on each side of the central line of the road, except where there may be heavy cuts and fills, in which case it shall not exceed 100 feet, and that companies may also acquire station grounds adjacent to the right of way not exceeding 100 feet in width by a length of 200 feet. Under the provisions of this general act and subject to the regula-tions of the Department of April 18,1899, authority has been granted, since the date of the last annual report, for railroad companies to locate and survey lines of road through Indian'lands, as follows: Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad Company.-December 21, 1899, the Department accepted the proofs and papers in the application of the 6266-6 |