States, take rank next after all officers of the like grade in said regular forces, and shall take precedence of all officers of volunteers of equal or inferior rank, notwithstanding the commissions of such militia officers may be older than the commissions of the said officers of the regular forces of the United States." Limited service SEC. 2. That the one hundred and twenty-third article of war be, rank, etc., repealed. and hereby is, repealed. Approved, March 8, 1910. CHAP. 89.-An Act Permitting the Wisconsin Central Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Saint Croix River between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Wisconsin Central Railway Company, a railway corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto, across the Saint Croix River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, from a point on the east bank of said river in the vicinity of the township line between townships thirty and thirty-one north, in Saint Croix County, Wisconsin, to a point on the west bank of said river in the vicinity of the township line between said townships thirty and thirty-one north, in Washington County, Minnesota, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 12, 1910. March 12, 1910. [S. 6449.] [Public, No. 81.] Wisconsin Central Railway Company Saint Croix River. may bridge. Location. Vol. 34, p. 84. Amendment. CHAP. 90.—An Act Granting unto the Hot Springs Street Railway Company, its successors and assigns, the right to maintain and operate its electric railway along the southern border of that portion of the Hot Springs Reservation, in the State of Arkansas, known as the Whittington Lake Reserve Park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right is hereby granted unto the Hot Springs Street Railway Company, its successors and assigns, during the existence of the franchise granted by the city of Hot Springs, to maintain and operate its electric street railway as now laid and encroaching, in whole or in part at various places, amounting in the aggregate to not exceeding eight hundred feet in length and twenty feet in width, upon and along the southern border of that portion of the Hot Springs Reservation, in the State of Arkansas, known as the Whittington Lake Reserve Park. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, March 12, 1910. CHAP. 91.-An Act To authorize the transfer of the government highway, known as the Alter road, to the city of Detroit, Michigan. March 12, 1910. [H. R. 18593.] [Public, No. 83.] Detroit, Mich. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor for and on behalf of the United States be, and he ferred to. hereby is, authorized to dispose of and convey by deed to the city of Detroit, Michigan, the government highway, known as the Alter road, running between Windmill Point light station and Jefferson Description. Provisos. Maintenance as. public roadway. Reversion. 'Amendment. avenue, in the city of Detroit, Michigan, and described as follows: That certain parcel of land situate in the township of Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan, described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the point where the easterly line of private claim numbered one hundred and twenty intersects the southerly line of Jefferson avenue, so called, thence westerly along said southerly line a distance of thirty-three feet, thence at right angles for a distance of twenty-seven chains and fifty-five links to the rear line of private claim numbered six hundred and ninety-six, thence at right angles in an easterly course thirty-three feet, thence at right angles in a northerly course to the place of beginning. Also, all that portion of private claim numbered five hundred and seventy, described as follows, to wit: Commencing at a point where the westerly line of private claim numbered five hundred and seventy intersects the southerly line of Jefferson avenue, so called, thence at right angles easterly along said southerly line thirtythree feet, thence at right angles southerly a distance of twenty-seven chains and fifty-five links to the rear line of private claim numbered six hundred and ninety-six, thence at right angles along said rear line in a westerly course to an iron post distant thirty-three feet, thence at right angles in a northerly course to the place of beginning. Also, a strip thirty-three feet in width off the westerly side of private claim. numbered six hundred and ninety-six, and thirty-three feet off the easterly side of private claim numbered one hundred and twenty, both said private claims one hundred and twenty and six hundred and ninety-six being in said township of Grosse Pointe. The premises herein conveyed form a strip of land sixty-six feet wide and with that width extending uniformly from Jefferson avenue to the shore of Lake Saint Clair: Provided, That the said highway shall be maintained by the city of Detroit forever as a public roadway or thoroughfare; that the course of the road, as at present existing, shall not be changed in any way without the prior written consent of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor; that the officers and employees of the Government shall have a right at all times to pass and repass over the roadway and to transport all necessary materials thereon: And provided further, That in the event of the discontinuance by the city of Detroit of the use or maintenance of the above-described property as a highway, or of the violation by the city of the terms and conditions preceding, the title herein ceded shall revert to the United States. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 12, 1910. March 12, 1910. [H. R. 19558.] [Public, No. 84.] Cemetery, Ky. at. CHAP. 92. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to effect an exchange of a certain parcel of land owned by the United States for another parcel owned by the Cave Hill Cemetery Company, of Louisville, Kentucky. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Cave Hill National States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is Exchange of lands hereby authorized to convey to the Cave Hill Cemetery Company, of Louisville, Kentucky, a parcel of land twenty feet in width, comprising a portion of section D of the Cave Hill, Kentucky, National Cemetery, containing approximately two thousand and ten square feet, and required by the said company for a cemetery roadway, in exchange for a parcel of land containing approximately three thousand two hundred and forty square feet lying north of the said national cemetery plat and separated therefrom by an eight-foot pathway: Provided, That the said company will disinter and properly reinter in the plat to be conveyed to the United States all remains buried in the plat to be conveyed to the said company and will remove and properly reset the headstones at their respective graves. Proviso. Reinterments, etc. Approved, March 12, 1910. CHAP. 93.-An Act Authorizing the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court of the Territory of New Mexico to assign the said judges to the several judicial districts of the Territory. March 12, 1910. [H. R. 20835.] [Public, No. 85.] New Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court of the Territory of New Mexico tices to districts perare hereby vested with power and authority to assign from time to mitted. time, as they may deem proper, any or either of said judges to any or either of the respective judicial districts of said Territory, and each judge, after assignment, shall reside in the district to which, for the time being, he may be assigned. Approved, March 12, 1910. Residence. CHAP. 95.-An Act Providing for the sale to Johnson County, in the State of Wyoming, of certain lands. March 15, 1910. [H. R. 17872.] [Public, No. 86.] Public lands. tract. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to sell and convey Wyo., may purchase to the county of Johnson, in the State of Wyoming, the following described tract of land, to wit: The south half of the southwest quarter of section five, the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the south half of the northwest quarter, the south half of the northeast quarter of section eight, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section nine, in township fifty north, range eightytwo west of the sixth principal meridian, containing three hundred and twenty acres, more or less, upon the payment by the said county of the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the said lands. Approved, March 15, 1910. CHAP. 96.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to make temporary withdrawals of public lands for certain purposes. March 15, 1910. [H. R. 21428.] [Public, No. 87.] Temporary with Act." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to aid in carrying out Public lands. the purposes of section four of the Act of August eighteenth, eighteen drawals for applicahundred and ninety-four, entitled "An Act making appropriations for tions, under Carey sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending Vol. 28, p. 422. eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes," it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior, upon application by the proper officer of any State or Territory to which said section applies, to withdraw temporarily from settlement or entry areas embracing lands for which the State or Territory proposes to make application under said section, pending the investigation and survey preliminary to the filing of the maps and plats and application for segregation by the State or Territory: Provided, That if the State or Territory shall not present its application for segregation and maps and plats within one year after such temporary withdrawal the lands so withdrawn shall be restored to entry as though such withdrawal had not been made. Approved, March 15, 1910. Proviso. March 15, 1910. [S. 5125.] [Public, No. 88.] Public lands. Land office. Transfer of plats, etc. Register and receiver to be appointed. CHAP. 97.—An Act Authorizing the creation of an additional land district in the State of Oregon, to be known as the "Vale land district." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an additional land district is hereby created in the State of Oregon, to embrace lands described as follows: Commencing at a point where the township line between townships eleven and twelve south intersects the Snake River; thence west along said township line to its intersection with the northwest corner of township twelve south, range thirty-six east; thence south. on the range line between ranges thirty-five and thirty-six east to its intersection with the fourth standard parallel south; thence east on said fourth standard parallel south to its intersection with the range line between ranges thirty-six and thirty-seven east; thence south along said range line to its intersection with the sixth standard parallel south; thence west along said sixth parallel south to the northwest corner of township thirty-one south, range thirty-five east; thence south along the range line between ranges thirty-four and thirty-five east to the southwest corner of township thirty-seven south, range thirty-five east; thence east along the north boundary of township thirty-eight south to the northwest corner of township thirty-eight south, range thirtyseven east; thence south along the range line between ranges thirtysix and thirty-seven south to its intersection with the boundary line between the States of Oregon and Nevada; thence cast along said boundary line to its intersection with the boundary line between the States of Oregon and Idaho; thence north and northerly along said boundary to the place of beginning; and that Vale, Malheur County, within said district, is hereby designated as the site for the land office thereof. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause all plats, maps, records, and papers in the Burns and La Grande land offices which relate to or form a necessary part of the record of the lands embraced in the land district hereby created to be transferred to the same, and said district created as aforesaid shall be known as the "Vale land district." SEC. 3. That the President is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and a receiver for said land district, and they shall be subject to the same laws and be entitled to the same compensation as is or may be hereafter provided by law in relation to the existing land offices and officers in said State. Approved, March 15, 1910. March 23, 1910. [S. 1864.] [Public, No. 89.] Washington Market CHAP. 102.-An Act To facilitate the use for manufacturing purposes of square numbered three hundred and twenty-eight in the city of Washington, as authorized in the Act of Congress of February first, nineteen hundred and seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of Columbia. States of America in Congress assembled, That to promote the purCompany may lay poses of the Act approved February first, nineteen hundred and switch and conduit in seven, allowing the manufacture of ice on square numbered three square 328. hundred and twenty-eight, in the city of Washington, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to issue permits to the Washington Market Company for the laying and maintaining of a line of railroad or a switch from square numbered three hundred across Twelfth street and into said square numbered three hundred and twenty-eight, by an overhead track to be approved by said Commissioners, and for the laying of an underground conduit and pipes from the said square numbered three hundred and twentyeight across and under Water street, to and into the Potomac River, for the taking of water from said river to be used for manufacturing Provisos. franchise purposes in said square, but for the purposes of said overhead track no present grades of Twelfth street shall be disturbed, and said overhead track shall have a clearance of at least eighteen feet above the curb of said street, and said overhead track and the underground conduit and pipes hereby authorized shall be located and from time to time moved as may be directed by the said Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and be laid and maintained under their inspection in such locations as they may prescribe, and the cost of such inspection and of replacing the pavements, curbs, and sidewalks disturbed by said work shall be paid by the parties to whom the permits shall be granted: Provided, That the Washington Market Company, its successors or assigns, to whom under authority of this Act per- tax. mission may be granted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to construct or maintain the overhead track and line of conduit hereinbefore authorized shall pay for the privilege of the construction and maintenance in public space of the said overhead track conduit and pipes an annual franchise tax of one hundred. dollars, which sum shall be paid to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia during the month of May of each year subsequent to the granting by the commissioners of the original permit for the work: Provided further, That failure to pay to the collector of taxes the said sum annually within the period named shall operate to annul and render void the privileges herein authorized in respect to the overhead track conduit and pipes referred to: And provided further, That Disposition of tax. any sums paid to the collector of taxes in accordance with this measure shall be credited as are other taxes of the District of Columbia: And provided further, That the franchise tax of one hundred dollars above referred to shall be in addition to any and all other taxes now or hereafter imposed by law. Annulment for nonpayment. Other taxes continued. SEC. 2. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal Amendment. this Act. Approved, March 23, 1910. CHAP. 103.-An Act To amend an Act to incorporate the Masonic Temple Association of the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Masonic Temple Association of the District of Columbia," approved the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be, and the same hereby is, amended by adding to and as a part of section three of the said Act the following: "At the annual election of the board of managers and at all other stockholders' meetings of the said Masonic Temple Association, each body owning capital stock of the said corporation shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by it." Approved, March 23, 1910. CHAP. 104.-An Act To authorize the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Missouri River in the neighborhood of Sibley, Missouri, and to remove the existing structure. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate, in connection with its railway, and in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six, a new bridge across the Missouri River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in the |