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Show 92 REPORT OF THB COMMISEIIONEP* OF INDIAN AFFAIH.8. from Bridgeport from survey station 1420+42.7 to station 2422+00, a distance of 18.9 miles; also plat of station grounds at Bridgeport from survey station 1349 to 1379 and plat of station grounds at Caddo, on said reservation, from survey station 1890 to 1920. June 27,1900, the Department accepted the company's voucher No. 2383, for $154, and voucher No. 2384, for 846, tendered in payment of right of way for the Wilberton Branch, a distance of 3.08 miles, and for the "Mexican Gulf Branch," a distance of 0.92 mile. July 10, 1900, the Department accepted the company's voucher No. 4, January, 1899, for $890.50, tendered in payment of right of way for 17.80 miles of road through the WichitaReservation, Okla.; also voucher No. 2950, May, 1900, for $2,357.85, tendered in payment of the annual tax of the company's line of road through the Indian Territory, between Arkansas-Indian Territory State line and Oklahoma-Indian Territory State line. September 4, 1900, the Department accepted the com pang's vouchers Nos. 3877, 3878, and 3879, for $52.62, $16.14, and $1.80, respectively, tendered in payment of the annual tax to June 30, 1900, upon the " Wilherton Branch" and "Mexican Gulf Branch" and as additional tax on the main line of the road. Chicago, Bock h h d md Pa&cBadway Cbmpany.4uly 15,1899, the Department approved three sectional maps of 25 miles each of the second southwestern branch line of the company's road from a point in the NE. a of sec. 13, T. 13 N., R. 8 W., Indian meridian, on the main line of the road, to a point in the SW. of sec. 8, T. 2 N., R. 31 W., Indian meridian, in the Kiowa and Comanche Reservation, Okla. July 19, 1899, the Department approved the plat of additional sta-tion grounds desired by the company on the main line of the road near Chickasha, Ind. T., situated in the NW. of see. 34, T. 7 N., R. 7 W., of the Indian meridian, embracing 7.57 acres. As the governor of the Chickasaw Nation declined, on behalf of the nation, to w e p t the stat-utory amount of $25 per acre for said additional station grounds, the company, on August 19,1899, asked for the appointment of a board of referees to determine the tribal damages that should be paid the Chick-asaw and Choctaw nations for said additional station grounds. March 28,1900, the Department appointed Dew M. Wisdom, of Muscogee, Ind. T., Ed Burney, of Chickasha, Ind. T., and D. N. Robb, of Atoka, Iud. T., a commission to make the appraisal. June 25,1900, the board reported, phcing the Amages at $25 per acre, amounting in the aggre-gate to $189.25. July 7 their report was accepted and approved by the Department. July 30 and 31, respectively, the governor of the Chickasaw Nation and the principal chief of the Choctaw Nation sig-ni6ed the willingness of their respective nations to accept the amount of the award of the hoard of referees. August 30 report of the matter was made to the Department, with which wss submitted s draft for $189.25, tendered by the company in payment of said damages. Sep- |