Section 19. Railroads through Indian lands  


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  • Any railroad corporation may
      contract with the chiefs of any nation of Indians, over whose  lands  it
      may  be  necessary to construct its railroad, for the right to make such
      road  upon  such  lands,  but  such  contract  shall  not  vest  in  the
      corporation  the  fee  to the land, nor the right to occupy the same for
      any purposes other than may be necessary for the construction, occupancy
      and maintenance of such railroad, and such contract shall not  be  valid
      or  effectual  until  it  shall  be  ratified by the county court of the
      county where the land shall be situated.