"Personal oversight should be exercised by you of the bargains and sales made by Indians under this authority, and that they should understand that a failure to observe the restrictions of this permission will result in a forfeiture of the permit "Yours respectfully "H. PRICE, Whereas, under the authority supposed to be conferred by the said letter of instructions, said Indian agent permitted the Indians upon the reservations under the charge of the said agency to proceed to cut into logs a considerable quantity of timber of the kind designated in said letter of instructions, in which work they are now engaged; and Whereas the authority of said Commissioner to authorize such sale, disposal, cutting, or removal of such timber has been called in question: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the instructions of the Indian agent, said Commissioner of Indian Affairs contained in the above recited let- Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin, inter to the said Indian agent at the Green Bay Agency, in the State of structions to, by Wisconsin, be, and the same are hereby, ratified and confirmed, and all Commissioner of acts done or permitted by said agent in pursuance thereof are hereby Indian Affairs, lelegalized and declared valid; and the disposal of all timber cut or pre- galized. pared for market, or which may be cut or prepared for market during the logging season of the present year, is hereby authorized in conformity with said instructions; and the logs or timber so cut shall be subject to Rights of the all remedies which are provided by the laws of the State of Wiscon- State preserved. sin to enforce liens upon logs or timber. Approved, March 31, 1882. CHAP. 58.-An act for the relief of Captain William D. Whiting. Apr. 1, 1882. William D. Whit Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Captain William D. Whiting, United States Navy, having been promoted for faithful and efficient ing. war service, and having served in the Navy faithfully for forty years and upwards, and having been appointed Chief of the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy Department, with the relative rank of Commodore, and holding the said position on the date of his retirement, in pursuance of law, on account of physical incapacity, such incapacity having been contracted on duty or being incident thereto, the name of the said William D. Whiting is hereby authorized to be placed on the retired list tired list of the of the United States Navy with the rank and retired pay of a Commo- Navy, with the rank and pay of dore, as though he had been promoted to the said grade prior to his commodore. retirement. Approved, April 1, 1882. Placed on the re CHAP. 59.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes" approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. Apr. 1, 1882. Sale of property of District of Co lumbia. 21 Stat., sec. 3, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section three of the act entitled "An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other pur- 467, amended. poses" approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty one, be amended by adding the words "and convey" after the word "sell" in line two, so as to make it read "sell and convey"; After the words "four hundred and ninety" in line five, add the words "and parts of lots one and seventeen in square three hundred and seventy-two" After the word "the", in line fourteen, add the words "purchase of lots and the", so as to make it read "purchase of lots and the erection"; After the word "two", in line fourteen, add the words "or more", so as to make it read "two or more new police station-houses"; so that section three of said act will read as follows: "SEC. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to sell and convey, to the highest bidder, at public auction, the following named property belonging to the said District of Columbia in Washington City: Lot three, square three hundred and eighty-two, part of lot three, square four hundred and ninety, and parts of lots one and seventeen in square three hundred and seventy-two; and also the following-named property in the city of Georgetown belonging to said District: Fish-wharf on square six, part of lots forty-seven, forty-eight, and forty-nine in square thirty, and part of lot two hundred and forty-five in square ninety-nine: Provided, That if, in the opinion of said Commissioners, the highest bid made at said sale for any or all of said lots is not a full and fair price for the same, the said Commissioners shall have the right to reject such bid or bids and annul said sale or sales; and that the proceeds of the sale of the said lots situate in Washington shall be applied to the purchase of lots and the erection and furnishing of two or more new police station houses in Washington; and the proceeds of the sale of the said lots situate in Georgetown, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be applied to the purchase of a lot and the erection and furnishing of a new engine-house for Engine Company Number Five of the District of Columbia fire department, at present located in said city of Georgetown." Approved, April 1, 1882. Apr. 1, 1882. CHAP. 60.—An act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River, at or near Arrow Rock, Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Hannibal and States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the Southwestern Hannibal and Southwestern Railway Company, a corporation duly and Railway Company legally incorporated under and by virtue of the laws of the State of over the Missouri Missouri, its assigns or successors to construct and maintain a bridge, River at Arrow and approaches thereto, over the Missouri River at or near Arrow Rock, Rock, Mo. to construct bridge structure. in the county of Saline, in said State. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of the persons by whom it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War. Shall be a post- SEC. 2. That any bridge built under this act, and subject to its limroute, and a lawful itations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States. Spans. Proviso. SEC. 3.-That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, the spans thereof shall not be less than three hundred feet in length in the clear, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river. The lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge shall be at least fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, and the bridge shall be at right angles to, and its piers parallel with, the current of the river: Provided, Draw. That if the same shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the draw or No bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this act Proviso. which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free Free navigation navigation of said river; and if any bridge erected under such authority, preserved. shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made. and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge. And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may be brought in the District Court of the United States of the State of Missouri in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same. Proviso. SEC. 4.-That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge Railway compashall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the nies entitled to passage of railway trains over the same and over the approaches equal rights and thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and privileges. in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. SEC. 5. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act Plan and locashall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the tion to be approved security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall pre- by Secretary of War. scribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.' SEC. 6.-That the right to alter, amend or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, April 1, 1882. Apr. 1, 1882. CHAP. 61.—An act to provide for the closing of an alley in square one hundred and ninety-five in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Alley, square States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the 195, Washington District of Columbia are hereby authorized and instructed, on the petiCity, to be elosed. tion of all the owners of property abutting on a certain alley running north and south between Rhode Island avenue and O street, about one hundred feet east of Sixteenth street, in square one hundred and ninetyfive, in the city of Washington, to declare said alley, or such portion thereof as may be included in said petition, closed: Provided, That the owners of the land abutting on that portion of said alley to be closed in square one hundred and ninety-five shall, as a condition precedent to such action on the part of the Commissioners, file in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia a plat, to be approved by the Commissioners, dedicating to the use of the public, as a public alley, an area of ground equal to the area of the alley way declared to be closed. Proviso. SEC. 2. That the owners of the property abutting on the portion of said alley which may be closed as aforesaid shall be held to have acquired all the right and title of the District of Columbia or of the city of Washington in and to the portion of the alley which may be closed under the provisions of the first section of this act, and which may be included within the extension of their several bounds to the lines of the new alley. Approved, April 1, 1882. Apr. 5, 1882. vessels. R. S. 4458, amended. CHAP. 67.-An act to amend section forty-four hundred and fifty-eight of the Revised Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United License fees of States of America in Congress assembled, That Section forty four hundred officers of steam and fifty eight of the Revised Statutes be, and is hereby, amended by striking out of the paragraph, beginning in the eighth line thereof, 4458, the following words, that is to say "Each Master, chief engineer, and first class pilot licensed as herein provided shall pay for every certificate granted by any inspector or inspectors the sum of ten dollars and every chief Mate, engineer, and pilot of an inferior grade shall pay for every certificate so granted the sum of five dollars" and insert in lieu thereof the following "Each Master, engineer, pilot, and Mate licensed as herein provided shall pay for every certificate granted by any inspector or inspectors the sum of fifty cents" Approved, April 5, 1882. Apr. 5, 1882. amended. CHAP. 68.-An act to facilitate the payment of dividends to the creditors of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 21 Stat., 6, 327, States of America in Congress assembled, That Section Six of the act "amending the Charter of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, Freedmans Sav- and for other purposes" approved February twenty first, eighteen ings and Trust hundred and eighty one, be and the same is hereby amended to read Company. as follows, That, whenever said Commissioner is prepared to make a Payment of divi- dividend to the depositors he is authorized and directed to declare, and pay such dividend in favor of the creditors of the bank, who have proved their claims as provided by law, with checks upon the Treasurer of the United States, or the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at the city of New York, with such written signatures as may be, approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. dends. Approved, April 5, 1882. CHAP. 71.—An act to authorize the Secretary of War to sell the military barracks, and the lands upon which they are located, in the city of Savannah, Georgia. Apr. 7, 1882. authorized. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, Sale of military and he is hereby, authorized to sell the military barracks located in the barracks and site, city of Savannah, Georgia, in such manner as he may think best for the Savannah, Ga., public interest; and he is hereby authorized to make deed conveying the same, with the lands on which said barracks are located, now the property of the United States, to the purchaser or purchasers; and that he pay the money received for said property into the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That the said property shall be appraised by a board of three Army officers and shall be sold at public sale at not less than its appraised value. Approved, April 7, 1882. CHAP. 72.—Ân act for the relief of Medical Director John Thornley, United States Navy. Proviso. Apr. 7, 1882. R. S. 1588, 271. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Medical Director John John Thornley Thornley, United States Navy, be considered as having been retired from placed on retired list of the Navy as active service as a surgeon, and placed on the retired list of officers of the a surgeon. Navy, June first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, on account of physical incapacity originating in the line of duty; and that the accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to allow him the rate of retired pay of the grade in which he was retired prescribed by section fifteen hundred and eighty-eight Revised Statutes, for officers so retired; and the said accounting officers are hereby further authorized and directed, in adjusting the account of said Johu Thornley, to allow and pay to him the difference between the pay he has been allowed as a surgeon on the retired list since the passage of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three (section fif teen hundred and eighty-eight, Revised Statutes), and that to which he is entitled under that act as having been retired as a surgeon for incapacity originating in the line of duty; said sum to be paid out of any Appropriation. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 7, 1882. CHAP. 73.—An act to admit free of duty articles intended for exhibition at the National Mining and Industrial Exposition to be held in the city of Denver, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two Apr. 7, 1882. Provisos. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Section one.-That all articles Articles importwhich shall be imported for the sole purpose of exhibition at the National ed for exposition at Denver, duty Mining and Industrial Exposition to be held in the city of Denver, in free. the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, shall be admitted without the payment of duty or custom fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. Provided, That all such articles as shall be sold in the United States, or withdrawn for consumption therein at any time after such importation, shall be subject to the duties, if any, imposed upon like articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation. And provided further, That in case any articles imported under provisions of this act, shall be withdrawn for consumption, or shall be sold without payment of duty as required by law, all the penalties prescribed by the revenue laws shall be applied lation of act, etc. and enforced against such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of such withdrawal or sale. Approved, April 7, 1882. Penalty for vio |