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1212 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 81-83. 1919. States Disciplinary Barracks, in which the person under sentence is held, a court of the_kind that imposed the sentence, and the same Rg51;rjctigu5_ power may be exercised by superior military authority; but no sentence dptproved or coniirmed y the President shall be remitted or mug-ga by aiéy other authority, and no approved sentence of loss of es by an officer shall be remitted or mitigated by any authority Ame, p. ssa inferior to the President, except as provided in the fifty-second article. mP°*§§°l{j’§u{,§1';‘;f}*,g; "When empowered by the President so to do,_ the commanding xml ui me neu, general_of the Army m the tield or the commanding general of the ' territorial department or division may mitigate or remit, and order executed as mitigated or remitted, an sentence which under these articlgs requiresd the coniirmation of the President before the same ma e execute . ,,,},§‘°°“°°‘°" ‘°“°‘** dy The power of remission and mitigation shall extend to all uncollected forfeitures adjudged by sentence of a court·mart1al." - Approved, February 28, 1919. Feb 28,1919. [!gq13306·] CHAP. 82:-An Act To authorize the payment of allotments out of the y of [Public, N0_ 311] enlisted men m certnm cases m which these payments have been discontinued? Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives o the United n§2l°§1"§§{‘fs °' °'* States of Amerkajin Congress assembled,f'I‘hd)tT in all of thbse cases in m§g§‘”g§°*$bgng},c§§§ which an authority of allotment by an enlisted man the

°1:1¤{{¤uJ;y<;re1%;ii£$,c¤¤¤¤- Epyment of an in cated amount to a designated beneficiary is on

’ e in the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, and payments pursuant to this authority had been made by said b1u·eau prior to July first, ninectgen hpntgreddand §h?_en, bd;:§vhichDpayments were discontmu as 0 at ate, e ar an a e artments are directed to resume the pagiments of allotmentsviyn thiise cases, ursuant to the authority on e as aforesaid, pendin the receipt of) a new au- Ammm d thority, or o a written rescission of the did authority from the en— rmm_ mmn{1°;»°°tQ7:y, llsted man. In those 08868 in which pending the reeei t of the new §§'g§*§g,$,§W°¤*h°¤W» authority, the military authorities, beginn` with Jul)y first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, have reservednirom month to month out of the soldier’s monthl accruing ay, the amount directed to be paid by the original audiority of allotment the War and Na Departments, upon resuming the {payment oi allotments in suizh cpspls, under the authoritytio this ct, shall pay a.ll arrearages out o ese respec ive reserva ons. Approved, February 28, 1919. Feb 1 1 . — [fl-?%v121’g’94%9 CHAP. 83.-An Act To extend the time for the comlpletion of the dams acres [Public, Nm sm] the Savannah River by authority granted to Twin City ower Compan by an Act approved February twenty-n1nth, nineteen hundred and eight as amended by Acts zggrpgetgeix une third, nineteen hundred and twelve, and March first, nineteen hundred

gg? M S Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

damming b Tm _ tates ig America an Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress city Power dmpany. is here y granted for the extension to February twenty-e' hth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, of the time allowed to thdghvin City v°,_35,p_36; \.0,_3,, Power_ Company to construct dams across the Savannah River p. $31039 34 mmm authorized by an Act of February twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred A ‘ ’p‘ ’ and eight, as amended by Acts approved June third, nineteen hundred and twelve, and March first, nineteen hundred and sixteen. -*·m€°d¤*°¤*· Sec. 2. That the right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 28, 1919.