Public Law 55–465

That there be, and is hereby,

Kettle River Valley Railway granted right of way across Colville Indian Reservation, etc.

granted to the Kettle River Valley Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, a right of way for a railroad, to the extent of one hundred feet on each side of the center line thereof, across the said north half of the said Colville Indian Reservation, and also a right of way to the extent of one hundred feet on each side of the center line of any branches of said line, commencing

Location.

at a point on the line of the Spokane Falls and Northern Railway, in Stevens County, Washington, crossing the Columbia River, and running thence westerly and northwesterly by the most feasible route through the north half of said reservation, said line or branches to con-

Connections.

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 465, 466. 1898.nect at one or more points on the international boundary line with any road organized under the laws of the Dominion of Canada or Province

Right on public lands.

Vol. 18, p. 482.

of British Columbia, together with all the rights granted to railroads by the Act of Congress entitled “An Act granting to railroads a right of way through the public lands of the United States,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. And for the purpose of this giant and the construction of said railway all the provisions of said Act are hereby declared to be applicable thereto to the same extent as though the lands in said reservation were open to settlement and sale.

Sec. 2.

That any damages or injuries occasioned to private property, whether the same be a vested or inchoate right to the property injured, whether the same belong to a white man or an Indian, shall be ascertained, and compensation made therefor in accordance with the laws of Washington relating to the exercise of eminent domain or the taking of private property for public use.