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Show reservations, Nebr., and December 8,1898, the Secretary of the I n k rior approved maps of definite location of the line of road through those reservations. March 7 and March 10, 1899, the President and Secretary of the Interior, respectively, approved the proceedings of the Omaha and Winnebago Indians consenting to the constiuction of the road through the reservations and through the allotted tracts. It is providedin section 2 of theact of March 26,1898, " that said rail-way shall be constructed through said reservation within three years after the passage of this act or the rights herein granted shall be for-feited as to the portion of the road not constructed." February 15, 1901, this office, reporting on Senate bill 4880, extending the time within which this company may construct its line of road, recom-mended that the bill become a law. This bill failed to pass, however, and by statutory limitation the company foileited its right to con-struct a line of road through the reservation. March 26, 1901, the company, by E. B. Reynolds, chief engineer, filed in this office maps of definite location and maps of station grounds for approval by the Secretary of the Interior, under the act of March 2, 1899, showing the survey of a line of road identical with the survey made by the company under the act of March 26, 1898. April 12, 1901, the company was notified that a full compliance with the regulations prescribed under the act of March 2, 1899, with respect to the serving of a copy of the map of definite location upon the Indian tribes and the several Indian allottees must be made. Service of copies of the map of definite location was sub-sequently made by the company upon the allottees and the Omahaand Winnebago tribes, which, together with the maps of definite location and station grounds, were resubmitted to the Department April 26, 1901. May 1 the Department returned approved the maps of defi-nite location and station grounds and accepted certain instruments purporting to quitclaim the rights of the Indian allottees to the rail-road company of the right of way through their respective holdings as receipts evidencing the payment by the railroad company to the allottees named of the amounts as shown therein. Inasmuch as it waa shown that the company ha2 paid as tribal damages the sum of $320.25 for right of way acquired under the act of March 26,1898, the Depart-ment accepted that payment as full compensation for tribal damages. Oklahoma City and Western Railway Company.-January 10 and Jan-uary 11, 1900, the Department approved maps of 'riefinite location showing the line of survey made by this company through Canadian and Oklahoma counties, in Oklahoma; the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation, Okla., and the Chickasaw Nation, Ind. T. Feb-ruary 18, 1901, the Department transmitted to this office the appli-cation of this company for an extension of time in which to construct and complete its line from Oklahoma City to Acme, Tex., with |