ities of the Republic of Mexico shall have been obtained before said bridge shall be built or commenced. Approved, July 28, 1882. II. AN ACT to provide additional industrial training-schools for Indian youth, and authorizing the use of unoccupied military barracks for such purpose. 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, and he is hereby, authorized to set aside, for use in the establishment of normal and industrial training-schools for Indian youth from the nomadic tribes having educational treaty claims upon the United States, any vacant posts or barracks, so long as they may not be required for military occupation, and to detail one or more officers of the Army for duty in connection with Indian education, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, at each such school so established: Provided, That moneys appropriated or to be appropriated for general purposes of education among the Indians may be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the education of Indian youth at such posts, institutions, and schools as he may consider advantageous, or as Congress from time to time may authorize and provide. Approved July 31, 1882. III. AN ACT to fix the compensation of the master armorer at the national armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the compensation now allowed and paid to the master armorer at the national armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, there shall be paid to him, from and after the passage of this act, further compensation at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum during such time as he shall perform the duties of master machinist at said armory in addition to those of master armorer. Approved August 5, 1882. IVAN ACT to amend section forty-seven hundred and two, title fifty-seven, Revised Statutes of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section forty-seven hundred and two, title fifty-seven, of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 4702. If any person embraced within the provisions of sections forty-six hundred and ninety-two and forty-six hundred and ninetythree has died since the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or hereafter dies, by reason of any wound, injury, or disease which under the conditions and limitations of such sections would have entitled him to an invalid pension had he been disabled, his widow or if there be no widow, or in case of her death without payment to her of any part of the pension hereinafter mentioned, his child or children under sixteen years of age, shall be entitled to receive the same pension as the husband or father would have been entitled to had he been totally disabled, to commence from the death of the husband or father, to continue to the widow during her widowhood, and to his child or children until they severally attain the age of sixteen years, and no longer; and if the widow remarry, the child or children shall be entitled from the date of remarriage, except when such widow has continued to draw the pensionmoney after her remarriage, in contravention of law, and such child or children have resided with and been supported by her, their pension will commence at the date to which the widow was last paid." SEC. 2. That marriages, except such as are mentioned in section fortyseven hundred and five of the Revised Statutes shall be proven in pension cases to be legal marriages according to the law of the place where the parties resided at the time of marriage or at the time when the right to pension accrued; and the open and notorious adulterous cohabitation of a widow who is a pensioner shall operate to terminate her pension from the commencement of such cohabitation. Approved August 7, 1882. V. AN ACT to relieve certain soldiers of the late war from the charge of desertion. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the charge of desertion now standing on the rolls and records in the Office of the Adjutant General of the United States against any soldier who served in the late war in the volunteer service shall be removed in all cases where it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, from such rolls and records, or from other satisfactory testimony, that any such soldier served faithfully until the expiration of his term of enlistment, or until the twenty-second day of May anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixtyfive, or was prevented from completing his term of service by reason of wounds received or disease contracted in the line of duty, but who, by reason of absence from his command at the time the same was mustered out, failed to be mustered out and to receive an honorable discharge[.] SEC. 2. That the charge of desertion standing on the rolls and records in the Office of the Adjutant General of the United States against any soldier who served in the late war in the volunteer service, shall also be removed in all cases where it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, from such rolls and records, or from other satisfactory testimony, that such soldier charged with desertion or with absence without leave, did not intend to desert and after such charge of desertion or absence without leave, voluntarily returned to his command and served in the line of his duty until he was mustered out of the service and received a certificate of honorable discharge. SEC. 3. That in all cases where the charge of desertion shall be removed under the provisions of this act from the record of any soldier who has not received a certificate of discharge it shall be the duty of the Adjutant General of the United States to issue to such soldier, or in case of his death, to his heirs or legal representatives, a certificate of discharge. SEC. 4. That when the charge of desertion shall be removed under the provisions of this act from the record of any soldier, such soldier, or, in case of his death, the heirs or legal representatives of such soldier, shall receive all pay and bounty which may have been withheld on account of such charge of desertion or absence without leave: Provided, however, That this act shall not be so construed as to give to any such soldier as may be entitled to relief under the provisions of this act, or, in case of his death, to the heirs or legal representatives of any such soldier the right to receive pay any bounty for any period of time during which such soldier was absent from his command without leave of absence: And provided further, That no soldier, nor the heirs or legal representatives of any soldiers who served in the Army a period of less than twelve months, or who intentionally deserted, shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of this act. SEC. 5. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved August 7, 1882. BY COMMAND OF GENERAL SHERMAN: OFFICIAL: R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 110. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, The following acts of Congress are published for the information and government of all concerned: LAN ACT to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the lands of the United States powder-depot near Dover, New Jersey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of way, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, through the lands of the United States included in the Piccatinny powder-depot, near Dover, in the State of New Jersey, is hereby granted to the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey for the purpose of constructing a railroad: Provided, That the said right of way, and the width and location thereof, through said lands, and the regulations for operating said railroad within the limits of the reservation so as to prevent all danger to public property, shall be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War prior to any entry on said lands or the commencement of the construction of said works: Provided also, That such sidings, tracks, switches, and loading stations as may at any time be required by the Secretary of War shall be promptly provided by said railroad company; and that such stoppage of trains and generally such facilities and privileges as the United States may desire for the shipment of materials of war at any time shall be provided by said railroad company: Provided also, That whenever said right of way shall cease to be used for the purposes aforesaid the same shall revert to the United States: And provided further, That the right to repeal, alter, or amend this act is reserved to Congress. Approved July 31, 1882. IIAN ACT granting to certain parties right of way over lands and waters of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Davidson B. Penn, of New Orleans, Louisaina, and his associates, under the name and style of the St. Tammany Water Works Company," or such other style as they may adopt, be, and are hereby, granted the right of way to lay conduits, pipes, arches, and aqueducts under the waters of Lake Pontchartrain to connect its northern shores with the city of New Orleans, and over and under any of the public waters or lands of the United States between New Orleans and said shore of said lake: Provided, That every part of such pipes, aqueducts, or other constructions shall be at least ten feet below the surface of said waters at mean low tide: Provided, also, That if at any time the constructions of said company shall in any way obstruct or interfere with the free and safe navigation of any of said waters, such constructions shall be removed or changed by the company upon notification by the Secretary of War. Approved July 31, 1882. III_AN ACT to provide for the disposition of the Fort Larned military reservation. 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, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish and turn over to the Department of the Interior for restoration to the public domain, the Fort Larned military reservation, in the State of Kansas. SEC. 2. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby directed to have said public lands, when transferred as provided for in section one, surveyed in like manner as other public lands, and shall thereupon cause the same to be appraised by three disinterested competent persons, and after such appraisement shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior the land shall be sold to actual settlers only, at the appraised price, and as nearly as may be in conformity to the provisions of the pre-emption laws of the United States: Provided, That no person shall be permitted to purchase more than one quarter section of said land: And provided further, That the Commissioner may, in his discretion, cause the section of said reservation on which improvements are situated to be appraised in a body, together with such improvements, and may then sell the same at public or private sale, as he may deem to the best advantage of the government, except that it shall not be sold at less than the appraised price. Approved August 4, 1882. IV. AN ACT to restore the Fort Benton military reservation to the public domain, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to restore to the Secretary of the Interior the custody and control of the military reservation at Fort Benton, Montana. The Secretary of the Interior shall dispose of the same under the public land laws, and such actual settlers as are now on said tract in pursuance of |