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Show REPORT OP COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN APFILIBS. 115 T d a l ~oZl.-On April 11, 1908, the Secretary of the Interior ap-proved the tribal roll which contains the names of 2,230 persons, of whom all but one are entitled to allotments. A white woman who has resided with the tribe during most of her life was enrolled for annuities only. A resolution introduced at the last session of the Congress providing for the enrollment of some 37 other persons failed of passage, and unless other names are added by the Congress the roll will remain as now constituted. F i ~ s ts,e cond, and third selections.-The schedule of first. second, and third 160-acre selections made by each member of the tribe was submitted by the allotting commission on June 16, 1908, and is now being entered in the tract books of the office. The first selections a g gregate 354,654.90 acres, the second 355,078.65, and the third 355,400.76, a total of 1,065,134.31 acres. This schedule also shows which selection each member of the tribe has designated as his homestead. The allotting commission has sub-mitted also a separate schedule showing the homestead selections, which aggregate 355,291.78 acres. Lands reserved.-With reference'to railroad rights of way the act of June 28,1906, provides: SEC. ll. That all lands taken or condemned by any railroad company in the Osage Reservation, in pursuance of any act of Congress or regulation of the Department of the Interior, for rights of may,. station groimds, side tmcl:s, stock pens pud cattle ynrds;water stations, terminal facilities, and any other railroad purpose, shall be, and are hereby, reserved from selection and allot-ment and confirmed in such railroad companiesfor their use and benefit in the construction, operation, and maintenance of their railroads: Prouided. That anch railroad companies shall not take or acquire hereby any right or title to ' any oil, gas, or other mineral in any of said ktnds. On October 29, 1907, the allotting commission was instructed6 reserve from selection and allotment all rights of way of railroad companies legally acquired, including station grounds, side tracks, stock pens, water stations, etc. Lands have been reserved as follows: To the Midland Valley Railroad Company 1,367.50 acres. This line of road. traverses 111 first selections, from which is reserved 691.81 acres; 52 second selections, from which is reserved 307.03 acres; 42 third selections; from which is reserved 237.34 acres, and 35 unallotted subdivisions, from which is reserved 131.32 acres. To the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company 1,114.09 acres. This line of road traverses 72 first selections, from which is reserved 435.11 acres; 53 second selections, from which is reserved 279.31 acres; 30 third selections, from which is reserved 145.59 acre;, and 75 unallotted subdivisions, from which is reserved 254.08 acres. To the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company 612.49 acres. This line of road traverses 40 first selections, from which is |
